beyond Burrator Reservoir, is less covered as it is towards the centre of Dartmoor and features several rock tors near the river.

History
The river is believed to named after an Old English word, meaning "lively stream". The village of Meavy is in turn named after the river.

Drake's Leat was a watercourse constructed in the 16th century to transport drinking water from the River Meavy towards Plymouth. Burrator Lodge was built in 1896 for the reservoir owner. It is now a Grade II listed building. In 2015, the property was put on the market.

Leisure
The river is popular for canoeing south of Burrator Reservoir, and is considered an easier course than the upper sections of the River Plym, which are some of the most challenging in Dartmoor. Despite the presence ofwere married in 1970. They have four children, daughters born in 1972 and 1980, and sons born in 1978 and 1984.
Since 1976, respondent Duane Kennedy has practiced law. Appellant Carole Lindstrom, formerly Carole Kennedy, has a college degree in anthropology. She was actively employed until 1977, when the oldest child of the marriage was 5 years old and the parties were expecting their second child. Since then, she has done typing at home for a court reporter for two and one-half years, and she was employed for six months in 1983 as a temporary secretary.
During the last five years of their marriage, the couple lived in a rural home near Grand Meadow, Minnesota. Respondent was employed in Rochester. He and the three older children continue to live in