Middle Level Main Drain, The Fens, Norfolk

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The Middle Levels of the Fens are a low-lying area of approximately 70,000 hectares, much of which is at or below sea level. Due to extensive drainage in the 19th century, the peaty soils shrank, causing the land surface to drop, and so the Middle Level Main Drain was constructed in 1844, in order that water could flow by gravity to St Germans, where the levels of the tidal river were about 7 ft () lower than at Salters Lode

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Location: Norfolk
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Keywords: aquatic, countryside, drain, drainage, fens, flood, flooding, level, main, middle, navigable, norfolk, river, rural, sky, water, waterways