Chalk & Clay: NORTH DOWNS

Chalk & Clay: NORTH DOWNS

1. LANDSCAPE USES

   • farming
     • pastoral
       • sheep
       • on steeper chalk hills
       • impermeable = good pasture land (& surface water)
     • dairy
       • chalk slopes
     • arable
       • usually wheat
       • on gentler chalk slopes
   • settlements
     • retirement
     • commuters
       • S. Downs = good access to London
     • Fulking, W. Sussex
   • racehorse training
     • Epsom, Surrey
     • stud farms, stables
     • ideal terrain
   • Aquifer
     • water-holding rock
     • underground source of draining water

2. LANDSCAPE FEATURES

   • dry valleys with seasonal streams called bournes
   • clay valleys or vales
   • Escarpment
   • Anticlines/synclines

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