where is the thames river located?
London
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 Since the Victorian era the Thames has been extensively embanked , and many of its London tributaries now flow underground . The Thames is a tidal river , and London is vulnerable to flooding . The threat has increased over time because of a slow but continuous rise in high water level by the slow ' tilting ' of Britain ( up in the north and down in the south ) caused by post @-@ glacial rebound . 

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 The area was formed during the retreat of the glaciers during the last ice age , which produced areas of marshland , notably the Sifton Bog ( which is actually a fen ) , as well as some of the most agriculturally productive areas of farmland in Ontario . The Thames River dominates London 's geography . The North and South branches of the Thames River meet at the centre of the city , a location known as " The Forks " or " The Fork of the Thames . " The North Thames runs through the man @-@ made Fanshawe Lake , located in northeast London . Fanshawe Lake was created by Fanshawe Dam , constructed to protect the downriver areas from the catastrophic flooding which affected the city in 1883 and 1937 . 

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 The River Lea , which is a tributary of the Thames . 

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 Originally fed by the River Westbourne and Tyburn Brook in the 1730s , the lake 's water was then pumped from the Thames in the 1830s . The water is now pumped from three boreholes within Hyde Park , the most recent being installed in May 2012 as part of the 2011 – 2012 restoration of the Lake . The Serpentine provided a focal point for The Great Exhibition of 1851 , and more recently was a venue for the men 's and women 's triathlon and marathon swimming events in the London 2012 Olympics . Since 1864 the Serpentine Swimming Club has organised a 100 @-@ yard race every Christmas morning for the Peter Pan Cup , inaugurated by J. M. Barrie , the creator of the fictional character Peter Pan . 

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 London and the Thames were named in 1793 by Lord Simcoe , who proposed the site for the capital of Upper Canada . The first European settlement was between 1801 and 1804 by Peter Hagerman . The village was founded in 1826 and incorporated in 1855 . Since then , London has grown to be the largest Southwestern Ontario municipality and Canada 's 11th largest municipality , having annexed many of the smaller communities that surrounded it . 
