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    water-meadow (also water meadow or watermeadow) is an area of grassland subject to controlled irrigation to increase agricultural productivity. Water-meadows...
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    A meadow (/ˈmɛdoʊ/ MED-oh) is an open habitat or field, vegetated by grasses, herbs, and other non-woody plants. Trees or shrubs may sparsely populate...
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    north and east of the city. The earthworks where it was located, in the Water Meadow where the Cherwell forks, are still apparent today. Further fortifications...
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    Runnymede (redirect from Runnymede Meadow)
    Runnymede is a water-meadow alongside the River Thames in the English county of Surrey, bordering Berkshire and just over 20 miles (32 km) west of central...
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    of water from rain or melted snow. They may also occur in riparian zones and around the shores of large lakes. Unlike a marsh or swamp, a wet meadow does...
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    flood-meadow (or floodmeadow) is an area of grassland or pasture beside a river, subject to seasonal flooding. Flood-meadows are distinct from water-meadows...
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    A hay meadow is an area of land set aside for the production of hay. In Britain hay meadows are typically meadows with high botanical diversity supporting...
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    Plain (category Meadows)
    livestock (grasslands, woodlands, prairies, etc) Water-meadow – Artificially irrigated meadow Wet meadow – type of wetlandPages displaying wikidata descriptions...
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  • In some cases a place name, itself from Old English, meaning "wide water meadow", and in others from the French place name "St. Denis". Sidney became...
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    Today, this water meadow and marshy area, which is seasonally flooded and surrounded by water from three sides, is an important habitat for water-loving plants...
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    Leat (category Water management in mining)
    equivalent word is goit. In southern England, a leat used to supply water for water-meadow irrigation is often called a carrier, top carrier, or main. Leats...
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    Christ Church Meadow is a flood-meadow and popular walking and picnic spot in Oxford, England. Roughly triangular in shape, it is bounded by the River...
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    Flood-meadow Freshwater swamp forest Mangroves Marsh Marsh gas Muck (soil) Peat Peat swamp forest Salt marsh Shrub swamp Water-meadow Wet meadow  This...
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    The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment, formerly Aquarena Springs and later the Aquarena Center, is an educational center in San Marcos, Texas...
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    usually found growing beside rivers and streams, and in marshes and water meadow channels. It is a hybrid between Salix euxina and Salix alba, and is...
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    Petersham Meadows are a 24-acre water-meadow that lie alongside the River Thames in Petersham, London, bounded by Buccleuch Gardens, Manor Farm Livery...
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    Port Meadow is a large meadow of open common land beside the River Thames to the north and west of Oxford, England. The meadow is an ancient area of grazing...
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    (174 km2) of it is land and 3.0 square miles (7.8 km2) of it (4.32%) is water. Meadow Lakes first reported on the 1990 U.S. Census as a census-designated...
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    towns of Chertsey and Egham. The borough is named after Runnymede, a water meadow on the banks of the River Thames near Egham, which is connected with...
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    lot. Rodman's Neck has three meadows. One is a natural salt water meadow; the other two are manmade freshwater meadows, one of which was created by Robert...
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    hired seven gardeners. Monet purchased additional land with a water meadow. White water lilies local to France were planted along with imported cultivars...
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  • first taken in by families in Hamblin. Mountain Meadow was originally much larger, with better water and grazing than today, running 10 miles from Holt...
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  • "pear", and hām meaning "homestead" (alternatively, from hamm meaning "water meadow"). Early known bearers include Turmod de Perham (Marlesford, Suffolk)...
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    haugh'). John Everett-Heath derives it as 'Place of the Water Meadow' from the Celtic dôl 'water meadow' and ar 'place'. The 500-year-old Castle Campbell stands...
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    Flushing Meadows–Corona Park (often referred to as Flushing Meadows Park or simply Flushing Meadows) is a public park in the northern part of Queens in...
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    near the town of Paerau. Some of this area has been converted into water meadows. Vynthala Lake, Chalakudy, India is formed from a "cutoff" of the Chalakudy...
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    The Mountain Meadows Massacre (September 7–11, 1857) was a series of attacks during the Utah War that resulted in the mass murder of at least 120 members...
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    savannas Flood-meadow Grassland Hectare Meadow Morgen Paddy field Pasture Plain Plateau Prairie Savanna Steppe Veld Vineyard Water-meadow Wet meadow "Agriculture...
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  • county seat of the county of Buckinghamshire Old English Buccingahamm ‘Water Meadow (Old English Hamm) of the people of (-Inga-) Bucc(A)’. This family originated...
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  • Ees (place name) (category Water-meadows)
    ee) is an archaic English term for a piece of land liable to flood, or water meadow. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon ¯eg (or ¯ieg) meaning "'island',...
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