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The products of chalk weathering are dissolved in rainwater and are transported in stream flow. Chalk streams transport little suspended material (unlike most rivers), but are considered "mineral-rich" due to the dissolved calcium and carbonate ions. The surface water of chalk streams is commonly described as "gin clear".
The stream runs from the foot of the South Downs through a park, a housing estate and a public garden, ending at the Railway Land Nature Reserve where it meets the River Ouse. It is a clear and verdant stream, much frequented by ducks. Another winterbourne stream is the River Lavant found In Chichester, West Sussex.
The Edburton Stream is a chalk stream that runs by Edburton church to Edburton Sand barns and brooks (Lapwing traditionally breed in the fields around the stream. The brooks themselves are a wild place around a mile North of Edburton church with sedge and reed fen, willow carr, and fine oaks on the bank.
So called because the area sits the fertile bands of Upper and Lower Greensand and Grey Chalk, this is a special area. Just east of Perching Sands Farm the Fulking Stream meets the Poynings Stream at Fullingmill Bridge and cuts north through the Lower Greensand ridge to form a short rocky gill. The word 'gill' is found only in the Weald and the ...
Herrings Stream. Hassocks is crossed by several chalk streams, which run into Eastern the River Adur. Some of the streams are bosky and of high value for biodiversity. A number of watermills used to use the streams, including three on the Heron Stream, at least two of which, Cobb's Mill and Hammond's Mill, were operational until recently.
About 85% of the world’s chalk streams are found in England, of which more than three quarters are not in good health, according to a report by the Worldwide Fund For Nature.
Pagham Harbour West Sussex is in south-east England and it has a population of approximately 780,000. The county town is Chichester. In the north of the county are the heavy clays and sands of the Weald. The chalk of the South Downs runs across the centre from east to west and in the south a coastal plain runs down to the English Channel. In England, Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs ...
This stream, the River Lod, runs parallel to the larger River Rother which flows about 10 km further south in the lee of the chalk escarpment of the South Downs. Valley slope processes in the Vale of Fernhurst have resulted in escarpments to the north and south that are steep enough to have collapsed by land slipping. [ 7 ]