“It leaves the moor at Buckfastleigh, flowing through Totnes below where it opens up into a long ria, reaching the sea at Dartmouth.”

“The Galician authorities reacted immediately and took emergency action aimed at controlling the spillage, guaranteeing the water supply to the people of Salnés and protecting the natural and seafood wealth of the ria.”

“However, the definition of ria was later expanded to other flooded river valleys regardless of the structure of the country rock.”