<P> The river is formed at the confluence of the River Ure and the much smaller Ouse Gill Beck at Cuddy Shaw Reach near Linton - on - Ouse , about six miles downstream of the confluence of the River Swale with the River Ure . It then flows through the city of York and the towns of Selby and Goole before joining with the River Trent at Trent Falls , near the village of Faxfleet , to form the Humber Estuary . </P>
<P> The river is formed at the confluence of the River Ure and the much smaller Ouse Gill Beck at Cuddy Shaw Reach near Linton - on - Ouse , about six miles downstream of the confluence of the River Swale with the River Ure . It then flows through the city of York and the towns of Selby and Goole before joining with the River Trent at Trent Falls , near the village of Faxfleet , to form the Humber Estuary . </P>
river that joins the ouse to form humber estuary
river that joins the ouse to form humber estuary
River Trent
River Trent