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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
      wrote:<br>
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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"
            moz-do-not-send="true">andy@pigsonthewing.org.uk</a>>
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          .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On Tue, 19
          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>>
          wrote:<br>
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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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          -- <br>
          Andy Mabbett<br>
          @pigsonthewing<br>
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