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<p>I recall reading about the drains on the Somerset Levels,
including an implication that the direction isn't fixed. There's
presumably a prevailing direction towards rivers and eventually
the sea but the actual flow varies with rainfall patterns<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 19/01/2021 22:33, Edward Bainton
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<div dir="auto">I've had similar angst putting the drains in the
fens near Peterborough. It's so flat you do have to see the
thing up close (after rain) to see which way it runs.
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<div dir="auto">There is also a tricky question of what is
canal, river, drain, stream, etc: all the natural waterways
have been canalised.</div>
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<div dir="auto">If there's an import available I think that
could be good - well beyond my skills also, unfortunately.</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 19 Jan 2021, 21:42
Andy Mabbett, <<a href="mailto:andy@pigsonthewing.org.uk"
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Jan 2021 at 19:02, Mark Goodge <<a
href="mailto:mark@good-stuff.co.uk" target="_blank"
rel="noreferrer" moz-do-not-send="true">mark@good-stuff.co.uk</a>>
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> This is something which ought to be amenable to importing
data from OS<br>
> OpenRivers.<br>
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That would be wonderful; but is beyond my skill-set.<br>
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