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• The upper catchment

• River Exe is 82.7 km


area is 601 km², with a
long and flows through
maximum elevation of
the hills of Exmoor,
514 m in the north and
Tiverton, Exeter, and
a flatter land in the
out to sea at Exmouth.
south.

length and location • The catchment is


• 67% agricultural
underlain by 84.4% of
grassland, 15%
the catchment,
woodland and arable
predominantly
farming, and 3% moors
Devonian sandstones,
and peat bogs.
contributing to the
land use extensive drainage
network.
• Water balance is
1295m = evaporation +/-
soil water storage
• The Wimbleball
(451mm) + runoff
reservoir, a 150 hectare
(844m). river exe case study surface area, regulates
wimbleball reservoir
water flow and
prevents flooding or
• The project aims to
drought.
• Benefits include restore 2000 ha of
increased water Exmoor to boggy
storage, improved conditions by blocking exmoor mires
• Results show rising
water quality, and more drainage ditches with
water tables, reduced
carbon storage. peat blocks and
stormflow and flood
moorland bales.
peaks, and increased
baseflow.

data colllection
• Scientists established
three experimental
stations to measure the
project's effects on
water tables and
transfers.

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