Marshfield weir in full winter flood number 3805.

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Unlike the Somerset levels, the South Wales levels have been designed to keep or lose water at a regulated rate. Designed by Dutch engineers the whole area is a series of linked reens, flowing into this reen where it is regulated by raising and lowering the weir.

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Size: 7360px × 4912px
Location: Main Road Marshfield between Cardiff and Newport, South Wales
Photo credit: © Clive Thompson UK / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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