River Avon, Hampshire
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The River Avon is in the south of England, rising in Wiltshire, flowing through that county's city of Salisbury and then west Hampshire, before reaching the English Channel through Christchurch Harbou
The River Avon in Salisbury
The start of the lower half, near Fordingbridge
The 17th-century navigation channel near Britford is still in water
Longford Castle overlooks the river
Anchor ice
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Anchor ice is defined by the World Meteorological Organization as "submerged ice attached or anchored to the bottom, irrespective of the nature of its formation". It may also be called bottom-fast ice
River Avon, Hampshire
…the Hampshire Avon to distinguish it from other rivers of the same name in Great Britain. It is one of the rivers in Britain in which the phenomenon of anchor ice has been observed. The Avon is thought to contain more species of fish than any other river in Britain. Long-farmed pastures and planted, arable fields…
Anchor ice growing on the sea floor in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica
Anchor ice on the ground of river Saale in Jena, Germany
Anchor ice growing on a rope.
A scientist investigating a sponge on the surface of the Western McMurdo Shelf, McMurdo Sound, Antarctica