River gravels near Wydon Nabb © Andrew Curtis cc-by-sa/2.0

2018

NY6962 : River gravels near Wydon Nabb

taken 7 years ago, near to Haltwhistle, Northumberland, England

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River gravels near Wydon Nabb

The gravels and adjacent grassland carry a rare plant community known as calaminarian grassland maintained by pollution of heavy metals spread by silt from River South Tyne from old upstream lead-mining. A similar community is described here NZ1264 : Close House Riverside Nature Reserve

Geographical Context: Lowlands Grassland Rivers, Streams, Drainage Rocks, Scree, Cliffs Primary Subject: Gravel

This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · River South Tyne [10] · River Gravels Near Wydon Nabb [3] Title Clusters: · River gravels near Wydon Nabb [2] ·

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Grid Square: NY6962, 40 images (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer: Andrew Curtis (more nearby)
Date Taken: Wednesday, 11 July, 2018 (more nearby)
Submitted: Friday, 13 July, 2018
Subject Location: OSGB36: NY 6946 6278 [10m precision]
WGS84: 54:57.5228N 2:28.7071W
Camera Location: OSGB36: NY 69481 62807
View Direction: Southwest (about 225 degrees)

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NY6962 : River gravels near Wydon Nabb

taken 7 years ago, near to Haltwhistle, Northumberland, England