The Fens - Wikipedia
The Fens or Fenlands in eastern England are a naturally marshy region supporting a rich ecology and numerous species. Most of the fens were drained centuries ago, resulting in a flat, dry, low-lying agricultural region supported by a system of drainage channels and man-made rivers (dykes and drains) and automated pumping stations.
Fenland District - Wikipedia
Fenland is a local government district in Cambridgeshire, England. It was historically part of the Isle of Ely. The district covers around 500 square kilometres (190 sq mi) of mostly agricultural land in the extremely flat Fens. The council is based in Fenland Hall, in March.
Fenland | Marshland, Wetlands & Fens | Britannica
2024年11月23日 · Fenland, district, administrative and historic county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in northern Cambridgeshire. The district covers only a part of the drained area of the Fens, from which it takes its name.
The Fens - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Fens, or Fenland (s), are a naturally marshy region in eastern England. Most of the fens were drained several centuries ago. They are now mostly a flat, damp, low-lying agricultural region. A fen is an individual area of marshland or former marshland.
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Find out how the Stone Age inhabitants of Fenland lived 3,500 years ago. Experience the unique landscape with its spectacular skies, so beloved by artists and writers. Take a leisurely trip by narrowboat along some of the least crowded waterways in Britain. Visit Wisbech, the capital of the Fens, with its fine Georgian architecture.
Fens | England, Map, & Facts | Britannica
Fens, natural region of about 15,500 square miles (40,100 square km) of reclaimed marshland in eastern England, extending north to south between Lincoln and Cambridge.
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Fenland - Wikipedia
Fenland may mean: Fenland, or the Fens, an area of low-lying land in eastern England Fenland District, a local authority district in Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, forming part of the Fens; Fenland Airfield, an airfield near Spalding, Lincolnshire, England, in the Fens
A short history of the Fens - The History Press
2019年2月13日 · The great works of large-scale drainage of the mid-seventeenth century in Fenland that followed, like the Old and New Bedford Rivers and the Denver Sluice, are some of the largest man-made landscape features in England. Fenland led the way in the use of a ‘new’ technology, the windmill.
Fens - WWT
Fens are a type of freshwater peat-forming wetland fed by surface water run-off, ground water and rainfall. Fens are naturally thick with reeds and grasses, dark with peaty soil and are criss-crossed with scrapes, channels, dykes and ditches.