Wet Moor

Wet Moor

Infobox SSSI


name=Wet Moor
aos=Somerset
interest=Biological
gridref=gbmappingsmall|ST448244
area=491.0 hectare (1214.0 acre)
notifydate=1985

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Wet Moor (gbmapping|ST448244) is a 491.0 hectare (1214.0 acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset, notified in 1985.

Wet Moor is part of the extensive grazing marsh grasslands and ditch systems of the Somerset Levels and Moors. [cite web | title=Wet Moor | work=English Nature | url=http://www.english-nature.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1004500.pdf | accessdate=2006-09-09|format=PDF]

Wet Moor is low lying low relief land typical in character of the Somerset Moors and Levels. The landscape is dominated by two major arterial watercourses, the Rivers Parrett and Yeo. These are large embanked channels which act as upland water carriers conveying water from the upstream catchments through the low moor lands. In storm conditions the rivers can surcharge their banks and overspill into the adjacent low lying moorland. here, flood waters are retained until river levels recede below bankfull conditions. The rivers running through the moor make home for many wildlife, including Whooper Swans, White Storks and Cattle. [cite Web | title=Wetland management | work=Institution of Civil Engineers | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=OQmpDU-wQ40C&pg=PA88&sig=w1RCT_ddXiH2Iqj8wYd6lh47b08#PPA88,M1]

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