Hickling Broad - United Kingdom

UK ECN site. Hickling Broad is the largest of the lakes that make up the Norfolk Broads, and is a result of extensive peat digging in the 12th and 14th centuries followed by flooding due to a rise in sea-level. The broad has an area of 141.1ha, and an approximate mean depth of 1.3m. It lies in the valley of the River Thune, close to sea level, and is connected to the river by an artificial channel approximately 0.7km long. The broad is subject to a small tidal variation in water height, and is brackish. It is part of a National Nature Reserve, owned and managed by the Norfolk Wildlife Trust. The broad is surrounded by extensive areas of reed bed and grazing marsh, although parts of the catchment have been deep-drained for arable ...