Ware: The Bourne
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Ware: The Bourne
Image: © Nigel Cox Taken: 29 Oct 2010
A bourne is an intermittent stream that only flows when the level of the water table in the ground reaches the surface or when there has been sufficient rainfall to saturate the surrounding land. Most have prefixed names such as "Winter Bourne", but this one is just The Bourne, and the watercourse only runs for a couple of kilometres before joining the River Lee in Ware. At the end of October 2010 the stream bed was totally dry.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.81922
Longitude
-0.02681