Washland
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Washland or washes are areas of land adjacent to rivers which are deliberately flooded at times when the rivers are high, to avoid flooding in residential or important agricultural areas. They often p
The Ouse Washes between the Old and New Bedford River
Car on the A1040 crossing flooded Whittlesey Wash, part of the Nene Washes
Guyhirn Wash, part of the Nene Washes
Ouse Washes
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Ouse Washes is a linear 2,513.6-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest stretching from near St Ives in Cambridgeshire to Downham Market in Norfolk, England. It is also a Ramsar interna
Washland
…Examples of washlands include: The Ouse Washes of Cambridgeshire and Norfolk The Nene Washes of Cambridgeshire…
In flood
Peter Scott in 1954
An RSPB hide overlooking the Old Bedford River
Welney Wetland Centre: the bridge accesses the hides