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Plymouth Sound

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Plymouth Sound, deep inlet of the English Channel, Devon and Cornwall, SW England. It is a famous roadstead and forms a bay c.3 mi (5 km) wide. It receives the Tamar River through the Hamoaze estuary and the Plym River through the Cattewater estuary. A breakwater, c.2 mi (3 km) long, protects the harbor. The inlet has been protected by forts for centuries. Plymouth Plymouth, city (1991 pop. 238,583) and district, Devon, SW England, on Plymouth Sound. The three towns that Plymouth has comprised since 1914 are Plymouth, Stonehouse, and Devonport.
..... Click the link for more information. , long a major port, is located at its head.
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