The world has fewer than 300 chalk streams — and England has most of them. These streams occur only where chalk bedrock meets the Earth’s surface, making them globally rare. Their stable, cool, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The world has fewer than 300 chalk streams – and England has most of them. These streams occur only where chalk bedrock meets the ...

England’s chalk streams are internationally important habitats, but like many nature-rich places they are facing a host of pressures including more extreme weather such as drought. At Herts and ...

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