Carrick Roads

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The Fal Estuary can be subdivided into two sections; the inner tidal tributaries and the outer tidal basin. The outer tidal basin is known as Carrick Roads, and forms about 80% of the main water body of the estuary. Carrick Roads is characterised by a deep meandering channel with depths of up to 34 m at the southern end. The channel meanders northwards becoming narrower and shallower to a depth of 12 m near Turnaware Point and continues through the King Harry Reach as the River Fal where it reaches a depth of 5 m. Flanking either side of the main channel are broad relatively shallow platforms that range between 0.3 and 4.6 m deep.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrick_Roads
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Coordinates:   50°10'31"N   5°2'5"W

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  • This rectangle is misplaced. Some might consider the Carrick Roads to extend up the Fal River as far as King Henry Ferry; but the bulk of it is south of Feock which is generally considered to be the northern limit. The roads extend as the major estuary (a drowned valley) from Turnaware Point and Feock south to a line linking Pendennis Point with St Anthony Head. I have therefore relocated the rectangle.
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