2019

TF1749 : The Slea Navigation

taken 5 years ago, near to South Kyme, Lincolnshire, England

This is 1 of 2 images, with title The Slea Navigation in this square
The Slea Navigation
The Slea Navigation
Looking toward Chapel Hill and the Witham from TF1749 : Bridge over the navigation.
The Fens

The Fens, also known as the Fenland, is a naturally marshy region in eastern England. Most of the fens were drained several centuries ago, resulting in a flat, damp, low-lying agricultural region.
A fen is the local name for an individual area of marshland or former marshland and also designates the type of marsh typical of the area, which has neutral or alkaline water chemistry and relatively large quantities of dissolved minerals, but few other plant nutrients.
Fenland primarily lies around the coast of the Wash; it reaches into four counties: Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and a small area of Suffolk, as well as the historic county of Huntingdonshire. In whole it occupies an area of nearly 1,500 sq miles.
Most of the Fenland lies within a few metres of sea level. As with similar areas in the Netherlands, much of the Fenland originally consisted of fresh- or salt-water wetlands, which have been artificially drained and continue to be protected from floods by drainage banks and pumps.


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Geographical Context: Rivers, Streams, Drainage Village, Rural settlement Canals Flat landscapes Primary Subject: River other tags: River Slea Canal The Fens Fenland Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Looking [6] · Slea Navigation [3] · Chapel Hill [2] Title Clusters: · The Slea Navigation [2] ·
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TF1749, 59 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Bob Harvey   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Wednesday, 3 July, 2019   (more nearby)
Submitted
Friday, 5 July, 2019
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TF 1734 4961 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:1.8548N 0:15.1028W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TF 1729 4959
View Direction
East-northeast (about 67 degrees)
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