Brotherswater (IMAGE)

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Brotherswater

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Brotherswater, a small waterbody in the eastern English Lake District, drains a catchment deforested over recent centuries for hillsheep farming. The steep, glaciated terrain has created a fluvial system sensitive to intense precipitation and a lake that preserves a long and rich sedimentary record of historical floods. See Schillereff et al., 'Hydrological thresholds and basin control over paleoflood records in lakes.'

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Photo for <i>Geology</i> by Daniel N. Schillereff.

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