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Can we justify preserving landscapes for heritage?
This is a post I’ve mulling over for nearly a year on and off. As a society we now commonly restore rivers to improve water quality or for ecological benefits, and as recent posts on here have demonstrated we may … Continue reading
An introduction to England’s chalk streams: origins and history
Originally posted on The Geography and Environment postgraduate blog:
If you’ve ever spent any amount of time in the English countryside, you’ve probably come across a chalk stream or two. Spanning from the River Hull in Humberside to the River…
Posted in Chalk streams, Ecology, Geomorphology
Tagged chalk, cultural history, england, english, grazing, history, landscape, legacy, river, stream, water meadow
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