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The River Alde is a river in Suffolk, England passing by Snape and Aldeburgh. The river is known as the ''River Ore'' as it approaches Orford〔Ordnance Survey - Leisure Series Map 156〕 and flows by a shingle spit before emptying into the North Sea. The source of the River Alde is near Laxfield in the same area as the River Blyth. Initially a stream, it becomes tidal and widens considerably when it reaches Snape. It meanders east past Aldeburgh, after which this part of the river was named.〔Theo Clarke and Nick Sinclair, ''Ebb & Flow River Heritage Walks'' (Ipswich: Leveretts, 2008) ISBN 978-0-9559958-0-4.〕 Though it once entered the sea near Orford, the mouth of the river has now been pushed some five miles further south as shingle has accumulated over hundreds of years after which it splits to form Havergate Island and is joined by its tributary, the Butley River, before reaching the sea at Shingle Street. During Tudor times, the river served as a port from which four ships were launched to fight against the Spanish Armada.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Alde and Ore Association-Protecting Aldeburgh’s River )〕 The river no longer serves as a port but as an area for yacht club members to gather to sail. ==River Ore== The River Ore is the name of the final section of the River Alde from just above Orford to the sea.〔Ordnance Survey Leisure series map 156〕 It has one tributary, the Butley River, and Havergate Island is found at their confluence. The lower reaches of the river passes through marshland and shingle or sand beaches, most of which is now owned by the National Trust as the "Orford Ness National Nature Reserve". Before the National Trust took ownership of this land, it was the site of a secret military base where tests with radar were carried out during the Cold War. The shingle spit that blocks the river, Orford Ness, is now some 10 miles in length and is owned by the National Trust,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Orford Ness National Nature Reserve )〕 previously being a secret military base where tests with radar were carried out.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The mystery of Orford Ness )〕 The main area through which the River Alde flows is open countryside in private ownership, much of it arable farmland. The tidal reaches (below Snape Bridge) are within the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, as well as being a Site of Special Scientific Interest,〔(Alde-Ore Estuary ), SSSI citation, Natural England. Retrieved 2013-05-29.〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Guidance for the Management of Coastal Vegetated Shingle )〕 a designated Special Area of Conservation〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Alde, Ore and Butley Estuaries )〕 and a Special Protection Area.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Suffolk Coast and Heaths - Caring for the coast and its special wildlife )〕 An RSPB reserve, Boyton Marshes, is situated between the River Ore and the Butley River. A registered charity, the Alde & Ore Association, exists to "preserve and protect for the public benefit the Alde, Ore and Butley Creek rivers and their banks from Shingle Street to their tidal limits".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Alde and Ore Association )〕 The novel What I Was by Meg Rosoff is set on the coastline where the River Ore meets the sea. 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 Alde」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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