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River Mole
The River Mole is a tributary of the River Thames in southern England. It rises in West Sussex near Horsham and flows northwest through Surrey for to the Thames at East Molesey, opposite Hampton Court Palace.〔(The Mole Catchment Management Abstraction Study (2007) Environment Agency )〕 The river gives its name to the Surrey district of Mole Valley. The Mole crosses the North Downs between Dorking and Leatherhead, where it cuts a steep-sided valley, known as the Mole Gap, through the chalk. Much of the catchment area lies on impermeable rock (including Wealden Clay and London Clay), meaning that the river level responds rapidly to heavy rainfall.〔
During the second half of the 20th century pollution levels in the river were high, however since 1995 the water quality has improved dramatically and the Mole now boasts the greatest diversity of fish species of any river in England.〔〔http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/static/documents/Leisure/fisheries_eng_765655.pdf〕 Twelve Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) that include wetland habitats are located within the Mole catchment area and the stretch of river through Leatherhead has been designated a Local Nature Reserve.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=River Mole )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Map of River Mole )〕 The Mole Gap forms part of a Special Area of Conservation and is an SSSI of European importance.〔
The river has captured the imagination of several authors and poets, particularly since in very hot summers the river channel can become dry between Dorking and Leatherhead (most recently during the 1976 drought). In John Speed's 1611 map of Surrey this stretch of the river is denoted by a series of hills accompanied by the legend "The river runneth under". However the river's name is unlikely to have derived from this behaviour: The ''Oxford Dictionary of English Place Names'' suggests that ''Mole'' either comes from the Latin ''mola'' (a mill) or is a back-formation from ''Molesey'' (Mul's island).〔AD Mills (1998) ''Oxford Dictionary of English Place Names'' (2nd ed.) OUP ISBN 0-19-280074-4〕 Domesday Book lists twenty mills on the river in 1086, of which Sidlow Mill was the oldest, dating from Saxon times.
==Catchment area==
The drainage area of the River Mole is 512 km2 and forms 5% of the River Thames catchment area above Teddington. Annually the catchment area receives 761 mm rain each year, the greatest average level of rainfall is 800 mm rain around Crawley. The Mole catchment reaches a maximum elevation of above Ordnance Datum at Leith Hill to the south west of Dorking. There is only one aquifer in the drainage basin, at Fetcham, which means that the majority of the water in the river is from surface drainage, particularly from Gatwick Airport and the urban areas of Horley and Crawley, and that the flow rate responds rapidly to rainfall.〔
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