🦎 Derwent Floodwash

United Kingdom · Europe · Nature Reserve · 51.39°N, 0.23°W

Derwent Floodwash is a 1.8 hectare Local Nature Reserve and Site of Borough Importance for Nature Conservation, Grade II, in Morden Park in the London Borough of Merton. It is owned by the London Borough of Wandsworth and managed by Merton Council. The site borders Pyl Brook, and it is designed to store flood waters when the brook overflows, preventing flooding of properties downstream.

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Quick facts

Country	United Kingdom
Continent / region	Europe
Protection type	🦎 Nature Reserve
Coordinates (approx.)	51.39°N, 0.23°W · view on map

Derwent Floodwash is a nature reserve in United Kingdom, in Europe. The details of why Derwent Floodwash is ecologically important are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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