The Chew Valley is an area in North Somerset, England, named after
the
River Chew, which rises at Chewton Mendip, and joins the River Avon
at
Keynsham. Technically, the area of the valley is bounded by the
water
catchment area of the Chew and its tributaries; however, the name
Chew
Valley is often used less formally to cover other nearby areas, for
example, Blagdon Lake and its environs, which by a stricter
definition
are part of the Yeo Valley. The valley is an area of rich arable and
dairy farmland, interspersed with a number of villages. The
landscape
consists of the valley of the River Chew and is generally low-lying
and undulating. It is bounded by higher ground ranging from Dundry
Down to the north, the Lulsgate Plateau to the west, the Mendip Hills
to the south and the Hinton Blewett, Marksbury and Newton Saint Loe
plateau areas to the east. The valley's boundary generally follows
the
top of scarp slopes except at the southwestern and southeastern
boundaries where flat upper areas of the Chew Valley grade gently
into
the Yeo Valley and eastern Mendip Hills respectively.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chew_Valley
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1876:
Abdul Hamid II became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire when his brother
Murad V was deposed.
(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul_Hamid_II)
1888:
In Victorian London, Jack the Ripper claimed his first victim.
(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_the_Ripper)
1920:
Polish forces, led by their cavalry, defeated the Bolshevik Red Army
in
the Battle of Komarów.
(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Komarów)
1986:
After a collision with a freighter, Soviet ocean liner Admiral
Nakhimov
sank in the Black Sea within 7 minutes, killing 398 on board.
(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Admiral_Nakhimov_(ship))
1992:
Pascal Lissouba was inaugurated as the President of the Republic of
the
Congo after a multi-party presidential election, ending a long history
of one-party Marxist rule.
(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal_Lissouba)
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Wikiquote of the day:
"Try to learn to breathe deeply, really to taste food when you eat,
and when you sleep really to sleep. Try as much as possible to be
wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like
hell.
And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You
will
be dead soon enough." -- William Saroyan
(
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Saroyan)