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Great Ouse

British  

noun

  1. See Ouse

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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As president of Bedford's Star Rowing Club, White, 60, has responsibility for crews training and racing on the River Great Ouse.

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2026

"Essentially Anglian Water are using the River Great Ouse as a sewage outlet – and it's not acceptable," he says.

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2026

Or connect them anyway and let people move in - contributing towards Buckinghamshire Council's target for new homes, but increasing the sewage pollution of the nearby river, the Great Ouse?

From BBC • May 27, 2025

Sewage pollution is listed by the Environment Agency as one of the reasons the Great Ouse is failing to achieve "good ecological status".

From BBC • May 27, 2025

The basin of the Wash consists of the subordinate basins of the Great Ouse, Nene, Welland, and Witham, which all empty themselves into that estuary, and has an area computed at 5850 sq. miles.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various

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