England - Aerial view of the River Tone in flood

England - Aerial view of the River Tone in flood. Part of the Somerset Levels. Meare Green, near Taunton, Somerset. The Levels are a reclaimed landscape. Much of the area is at sea level, so until it was drained in the 17th century it was a marsh, frequently flooded by the sea.The levels are now mechanically drained by a network of drainage channels, known locally as rhynes

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