[1] The name of the river is from Old English (ēa-gemōt) and is a back formation from Eamont Bridge which means the junction of streams.

[2] The river is formed by the outflow from Ullswater in the Lake District, later augmented by Dacre Beck from the west and the River Lowther which carries the water from Haweswater north to the Eamont at Penrith.

[3] The river has flooded on numerous occasions; the most recent was when Storm Desmond hit in December 2015.

[4] The same storm damaged the grade I listed Eamont Bridge, but after masonry work, it re-opened in March 2016.

The river is also a stronghold of the endangered white clawed crayfish (Austropotamobius pallipes).