The River Ember is a river in the county of Surrey, England. It is a distributary of the River Mole which splits in two at the Island Barn Reservoir to the South of East and West Molesey. The larger portion becomes the River Ember and flows in an easterly and then northerly direction around the reservoir. The River Mole flows in a northerly and then easterly direction around the reservoir. The two rivers then flow side by side in a north easterly direction, merging 400 metres before joining the River Thames on the south side of the reach above Teddington Lock opposite Hampton Court Palace.
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