River Leam: Difference between revisions
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==Water quality== |
==Water quality== |
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The Environment Agency measures the water quality of the river systems in England. Each is given an overall ecological status, which may be one of five levels: 'high', 'good', 'moderate', 'poor' or 'bad'. There are several components that are used to determine this, including biological status, which looks at the quantity and varieties of [[invertebrate]]s, [[angiosperm]]s and fish. Chemical status, which compares the concentrations of various chemicals against known safe concentrations, is rated 'good' or 'fail'.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://environment.data.gov.uk/catchment-planning/help/glossary |website=Catchment Data Explorer |title=Glossary (see Biological quality element; Chemical status; and Ecological status) |publisher=Environment Agency |date=17 February 2016}} [[File:UKOpenGovernmentLicence.svg|30px]] Text was copied from this source, which is available under an [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ Open Government Licence v3.0]. © Crown copyright.</ref> |
The [[Environment Agency]] measures the water quality of the river systems in England. Each is given an overall ecological status, which may be one of five levels: 'high', 'good', 'moderate', 'poor' or 'bad'. There are several components that are used to determine this, including biological status, which looks at the quantity and varieties of [[invertebrate]]s, [[angiosperm]]s and fish. Chemical status, which compares the concentrations of various chemicals against known safe concentrations, is rated 'good' or 'fail'.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://environment.data.gov.uk/catchment-planning/help/glossary |website=Catchment Data Explorer |title=Glossary (see Biological quality element; Chemical status; and Ecological status) |publisher=Environment Agency |date=17 February 2016}} [[File:UKOpenGovernmentLicence.svg|30px]] Text was copied from this source, which is available under an [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ Open Government Licence v3.0]. © Crown copyright.</ref> The Environment Agency divides the Leam into three segments, and in 2019, two of the three were rated "poor" for water quality while the third was rated "moderate". All three segments were given a chemical status of "fail".<ref>https://environment.data.gov.uk/catchment-planning/OperationalCatchment/3020</ref> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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Revision as of 20:04, 17 August 2023
The River Leam (/lɛm/) is a river in England which rises at Hellidon Hill in Northamptonshire then flows through Warwickshire, including the town of Leamington Spa,[1] named after it. It then flows into the River Avon near Warwick, which flows into the River Severn. The name is first recorded in 956 as Limenan, and derives from British Lemanā, meaning "elm-tree river".[2]
Tributaries
Its major tributaries are Rains Brook, River Itchen, River Stowe and Radford Brook.[1]
Water quality
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The Environment Agency measures the water quality of the river systems in England. Each is given an overall ecological status, which may be one of five levels: 'high', 'good', 'moderate', 'poor' or 'bad'. There are several components that are used to determine this, including biological status, which looks at the quantity and varieties of invertebrates, angiosperms and fish. Chemical status, which compares the concentrations of various chemicals against known safe concentrations, is rated 'good' or 'fail'.[3] The Environment Agency divides the Leam into three segments, and in 2019, two of the three were rated "poor" for water quality while the third was rated "moderate". All three segments were given a chemical status of "fail".[4]
See also
References
- ^ a b "River Leam Catchment Pilot". Environment Agency. Archived from the original on 2 February 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
- ^ Watts, Victor, ed. (2010), "Leam", The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 9780521168557
- ^ "Glossary (see Biological quality element; Chemical status; and Ecological status)". Catchment Data Explorer. Environment Agency. 17 February 2016.
Text was copied from this source, which is available under an Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright.
- ^ https://environment.data.gov.uk/catchment-planning/OperationalCatchment/3020
External links
52°17′N 1°33′W / 52.283°N 1.550°W
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