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The River Test is a river in Hampshire, England. It has a total length of 40 miles (64 km) and it flows through downland from its source near Ashe to its estuary at Southampton, where it converges with the River Itchen to form Southampton Water. In its upper reaches it is a chalk stream, and is used for fly fishing for trout.〔Environment Agency (2006). ''(Fact file on the River Test )''. Retrieved 8 February 2006. 〕 The river is managed by the Environment Agency, whilst the Port of Southampton is the navigation authority for the tidal section below Redbridge. The River Test has given its name to the Test Valley District, a local government district , and to Southampton Test, a UK Parliament constituency. ==Course== The river rises near the village of Ashe, 10 km to the west of Basingstoke (at ), and flows west through the villages of Overton, Laverstoke, and the town of Whitchurch, before joining with the Bourne Rivulet at Testbourne and turning in a more southerly direction. It then proceeds through the villages of Longparish and Middleton to Wherwell and Chilbolton, where the Rivers Dever and Anton join.〔Ordnance Survey (2004). ''OS Explorer Map 144 – Basingstoke, Alton & Whitchurch''. ISBN 0-319-23606-4.〕 From Chilbolton the river goes through the villages of Leckford, Longstock, Stockbridge and Houghton to Mottisfont and Kimbridge, where the River Dun joins the flow. From here the village of Timsbury is passed, then through the grounds of Roke Manor before reaching the town of Romsey. On the western edge of Romsey, Sadler's Mill, an 18th Century watermill, sits astride the River Test.〔Ordnance Survey (2004). ''OS Explorer Map 131 – Romsey, Andover & Test Valley''. ISBN 0-319-23600-5.〕 South of Romsey, the river passes the country house of Broadlands, and then Nursling that was once the site of a Roman bridge. Finally the river is joined by the River Blackwater and soon becomes tidal, widening out into a considerable estuary that is lined on its northern bank by the container terminals and quays of the Port of Southampton. The Test estuary then meets that of the River Itchen and the two continue to the sea as Southampton Water.〔Ordnance Survey (2004). ''OS Explorer Map OL22 – New Forest''. ISBN 0-319-23616-1.〕 Between Chilbolton and Redbridge, the river was once paralleled by the Andover Canal, which was itself converted to a railway in 1865, and then in turn abandoned. Most traces of the canal have disappeared, although the remains of a stretch can still be seen between Timsbury and Romsey.〔Andover Town Central (2000–2006). ''(The Andover Canal )''. Retrieved 9 February 2006.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「River Test」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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