River Aire

	River Aire
	River
	The River Aire at Gargrave, North Yorkshire
Country	England
Counties	North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, East Riding of Yorkshire
	Tributaries
- right	River Worth, River Calder
City	Leeds
Source
- location	Malham Tarn, North Yorkshire
- elevation	377 m (1,237 ft)
Mouth	River Ouse
- location	Airmyn, East Riding of Yorkshire
- elevation	5 m (16 ft)
Length	114 km (71 mi)
Basin	1,004 km² (388 sq mi)
Discharge	for River Ouse
- average	35.72 m³/s (1,261 cu ft/s)

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This article is about the river in England. For other rivers, see Aire.

The River Aire is a major river in Yorkshire, England of length 114km (71m). Part of the river is canalised and is known as the Aire and Calder Navigation. The Aire is one of England's major rivers and flows through one of the largest populated areas in the UK, which is West Yorkshire.

It rises at Malham Tarn flowing underground to Malham Cove (Aire Head), near Malham, in North Yorkshire and flows through Gargrave and Skipton. After Cononley, the river enters West Yorkshire where it passes through the former industrial areas of Keighley, Bingley, Saltaire, Shipley, it then passes through Leeds, on to the villages of Swillington and Woodlesford. At Castleford is the confluence of the Aire and Calder; just downstream of the confluence was the ford where the ancient British road, utylised and strengthened by the Romans, crossed on its journey north to York. The river re-enters North Yorkshire near Knottingley and in its lower reaches forms part of the boundary between North Yorkshire and the East Riding of Yorkshire.

The River Aire empties into the River Ouse at Airmyn, 'myn' being an old English word for 'river mouth'. The name possibly derived from British *Isara, meaning "strong river". The ancient British name for the Aire was Winwoed.^[1]