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The River Lee or River Lea is a river in England. It runs from Luton to London where it joins the River Thames. Once an important commercial waterway, certain sections were canalised as part of the River Lea Navigation.
It rises just west of Luton, and flows through or by -
After it enters Greater London, it is sent via a series of Reservoirs
- King George's Reservoir, Brimsdown
- William Girling Reservoir, Edmonton
- Banbury Reservoir, Tottenham
- Lockwood Reservoir
- High Maynard Reservoir
- Low Maynard Reservoir
- then a series of 5 numbered reservoirs
- then Warwick Reservoir
- Upper Clapton
- Hackney Wick (where it causes Hackney Marsh)
- Stratford
- Bromley, Bromley
- Canning Town
- Leamouth, where it meets the river Thames
