River Exe - River catchment

• The River Exe flows for 82.7km from its source in the hills of Exmoor
• Physical characteristic's

  • The upper catchment is 601km^2
  • The land is flatter in the south - the lowest elevation is 26m
• land use

  • 67% agriculture
  • 15% woodlands
  • 3% peat and moors
• Geological characteristics

  • Estimated 84.4% of the catchment is underlined by impombable rocks predominately standstone
• water balance

  • Precipitation (1295mm)= evaporation + Soil
  • water storage (431) + runoff (844)
• The aim of the exmoor project was to restore 20ocha or Exmoor to the boggy conditions that would naturally be present by blocking drainage ditches with peat blocks and moorland bales, allowing More water to be stored in the upper catchment
• By 2015 over 1000ka of peat moorland had been restored and almost 100 km of ditches blocked, which was raising the water table by 2.65 cm.
• The export project was also successful in reducing flooding