Humberhead Levels

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Humberhead Levels is a low-lying, largely rural wetland and agricultural landscape in northern England, characterized by its extensive river floodplains and drained peat fens.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf agricultural landscape
natural region
wetland landscape
adminRegion Doncaster
East Riding of Yorkshire
North Lincolnshire
Nottinghamshire
South Yorkshire
characterizedBy drained peat fens
extensive arable farming
low-lying topography
pasture land
river floodplains
rural land use
climate cool temperate maritime climate
contains Crowle Moors
Crowle Moors
surface form: Goole Moors

Hatfield Moors
Thorne Moors
Thorne Moors
surface form: Thorne and Hatfield Moors National Nature Reserve

Hatfield Moors
surface form: Thorne and Hatfield Moors Special Area of Conservation
country England
drainsTo Humber Estuary
ecoregion lowland raised bog remnants
reedbeds
wet grassland habitats
governedBy Environment Agency (England)
surface form: Environment Agency (flood risk management)

Internal Drainage Boards
hasConservationDesignation Site of Special Scientific Interest
surface form: Sites of Special Scientific Interest

Special Protection Area
surface form: Special Protection Areas (nearby and overlapping wetlands)
hydrology River Aire floodplain
River Don floodplain
River Idle floodplain
River Ouse floodplain
River Trent valley
surface form: River Trent floodplain
landUse drainage for agriculture
grazing
nature conservation
peat extraction (historical and contemporary)
locatedIn East Midlands
Yorkshire and the Humber
Northern England
surface form: northern England
notableFor archaeological remains preserved in peat
breeding and wintering wetland birds
extensive peat deposits
partOf Humber Basin
Humberhead Levels self-linksurface differs
surface form: Humberhead Levels National Character Area
threatenedBy agricultural intensification
drainage and land reclamation
peat oxidation and subsidence

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Trent Falls locatedIn Humberhead Levels
Isle of Axholme partOf Humberhead Levels
Humberhead Levels partOf Humberhead Levels self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Humberhead Levels National Character Area
Holderness partOf Humberhead Levels
this entity surface form: Humberhead Levels (broad lowland area)