| River Tavy | |
|---|---|
 The Tavy above Tavistock, on the moor | |
   | |
| Location | |
| Country | England |
| County | Devon |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | River Tamar |
• location | Bickleigh |
• coordinates | 50°28′N 4°09′W / 50.467°N 4.150°W |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | |
| • right | |
The Tavy (/ˈteɪvi/) is a river on Dartmoor, Devon, England. The name derives from the Brythonic root "Tam", once thought to mean 'dark' but now generally understood to mean 'to flow'.[1] It has given its name to the town of Tavistock and the villages of Mary Tavy and Peter Tavy.
It is a tributary of the River Tamar and has as its own tributaries: Collybrooke, River Burn, River Wallabrooke, River Lumburn, and River Walkham. At Tavistock it feeds a canal running to Morwellham Quay.
Its mouth is crossed by the Tavy Bridge which carries the Tamar Valley railway line.
- ^ Owen, Hywel Wyn (1998). University of Wales Press. Cardiff, United Kingdom: University of Wales Press. p. 103. ISBN 0708314589.