Portrait landes ensoleillées gabions protection Lancaster-Dunsop Bridge Road à partir de l'érosion de la rivière, ruisseau Creux, creux de la Haute-chapelle
2814 x 4112 px | 23,8 x 34,8 cm | 9,4 x 13,7 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
juin 2014
Lieu:
Lancaster-Dunsop Bridge Road, Trough Brook, Marshaw Wyre, Trough of Bowland, Lancashire, UK
Informations supplémentaires:
The Marshaw Wyre, a headwater stream of the River Wyre that enters the sea at Fleetwood, is incised into glacial deposits supporting shallow-rooted beech trees and conifers downstream of the exposed moortops where the stream starts. The stream, in dry weather, is reduced to a trickle. It responds rapidly to heavy rain, however. The steep slopes, thin soils and impermeable bedrock of the upland valley give rise to the rapid overland flow of rainwater. The Lancaster-Dunsop Bridge road to the right, although narrow, is an important west-east routeway for local traffic, so is protected from river erosion by the stone wall gabions at strategic locations, as here, where a small bridge carries the road over Trough Brook. A moorland portrait upstream from Trough Bridge, where Trough Brook, flowing from the summit of the Trough of Bowland (behind the camera) joins the Marshaw Wyre. With easy access from the road, the river is well-visited by both tourists and geography students.
