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Slade Brook
Slade Brook () is a biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 2003. Location and habitat The site, which includes an active tufa-forming stream, is in the Forest of Dean plateau and Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The stream system has a series of tufa dams, plunge pools and connecting stream sections. This results from a combination of physical and chemical processes. The Slade Brook rises on the Carboniferous Limestone of the Forest of Dean. It flows for two kilometres before joining the River Wye The River Wye (; cy, Afon Gwy ) is the Longest rivers of the United Kingdom, fourth-longest river in the UK, stretching some from its source on Plynlimon in mid Wales to the Severn estuary. For much of its length the river forms part of Wal ..., which is also notified as an SSSI. Approximately a kilometre section of the stream includes the main focus of tufa deposition. Rainwater (which percolates i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Confluence On The Slade Brook - Geograph
In geography, a confluence (also: ''conflux'') occurs where two or more flowing bodies of water join to form a single channel. A confluence can occur in several configurations: at the point where a tributary joins a larger river (main stem); or where two streams meet to become the river source, source of a river of a new name (such as the confluence of the Monongahela River, Monongahela and Allegheny River, Allegheny rivers at Pittsburgh, forming the Ohio River, Ohio); or where two separated channels of a river (forming a river island) rejoin at the downstream end. Scientific study of confluences Confluences are studied in a variety of sciences. Hydrology studies the characteristic flow patterns of confluences and how they give rise to patterns of erosion, bars, and scour pools. The water flows and their consequences are often studied with mathematical models. Confluences are relevant to the distribution of living organisms (i.e., ecology) as well; "the general pattern [downstr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
