The Humber is an estuary on the east coast of England, between
Yorkshire and
Lincolnshire, flowing from the junction of the
Ouse and
Trent near Faxfleet for a distance of 18 miles east and 19 miles southeast into the
North Sea at Spurn Head. It is an important commercial waterway, from one mile to eight miles wide, serving Hull, Immingham, and Grimsby, and by canals, south
Yorkshire, the
Trent, and the
Midlands.
