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Cambridgeshire is a county in eastern England, with an area of and a population as of mid-2015 of 841,218. It is crossed by the Nene and the Great Ouse rivers. The University of Cambridge, which was founded in the thirteenth century, made the county one of the country's most important intellectual centres. A large part of the county is in The Fens, and drainage of this habitat, which probably commenced in the Roman period and was largely completed by the seventeenth century, considerably increased the area available for agriculture. The administrative county was formed in 1974, incorporating most of the historic county of Huntingdonshire. Local government is divided between Cambridgeshire County Council and Peterborough City Council, which is a separate unitary authority. Under the county council, there are five district councils, Cambridge City Council, South Cambridgeshire District Council, East Cambridgeshire District Council, Huntingdonshire District Council and Fenland Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ouse Washes At Welney - Geograph
Ouse may refer to: Places Rivers in England * River Ouse, Yorkshire * River Ouse, Sussex * River Great Ouse, Northamptonshire and East Anglia ** River Little Ouse, a tributary of the River Great Ouse Other places * Ouse, Tasmania, a town in Australia * The Ouse, an estuary on Shapinsay, in the Orkney Islands, Scotland * Grand River (Ontario), Canada, formerly known as the Ouse Ships * MV ''River Ouse'', an Empire F type coaster in service with R H Hunt & Sons, Hull, 1947-52 * HMS ''Ouse'' (1905), a River-class destroyer of 1905 See also * Ouse Bridge (other) * Oise a department in northern France * Oise (river), a river in Belgium and northern France * Ouseburn, a river in Tyne and Wear, England * * * List of rivers of the United Kingdom For details of rivers of the United Kingdom, see * List of rivers of England * List of rivers of Scotland * List of rivers of Wales * Northern Ireland: see List of rivers of Ireland and Rivers of Ireland * Longest rivers of the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
