River Solent
The River Solent is a now-extinct river which during the Paleocene would have flowed around the area which is now the coastlines of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight in England.
History
The River Solent was one of three major rivers in central and southern England, together with the
Hampshire River Avon and the River Medina, still survive today. Several towns on both the South Coast and the Isle of Wight are built near features of the River Solent; Cowes and East Cowes
are built around the mouth of the River Medina, which formed due to the flooding of one of the shallow valleys formed by the River Solent.
Geology
The areas around the River Solent are, like most of Hampshire, made up of chalk and Tertiary (mostly Eocene) clays and sands with minor limestones.[2]
References
- ISBN 978-0-00-815035-8.
- ^ "What is the Solent?". 10 August 2018.
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