Geography is the study of the Earth and its lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena. A literal translation would be "to describe or write about the Earth".... a dry point is an area of firm or flood
Flood
A flood is an overflow of an expanse of water that submerges land, a deluge. In the sense of "flowing water", the word may also be applied to the inflow of the tide.... -free ground in an area of wetland
Wetland
File:Mangrove trees in Everglades.JPGA wetland is an area of land whose soil is saturated with moisture either permanently or seasonally. Such areas may also be covered partially or completely by shallow pools of water.... , marsh
Marsh
In geography, a marsh, or morass, is a type of wetland which is subject to frequent or continuous flood . Typically the water is shallow and features Poaceaees, Juncaceaees, Phragmites, typhas, Cyperaless, and other herbaceous plants.... or flood plains. The term typically applies to settlements, and dry point settlements were common in history.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe.... extreme examples of dry point settlements include Glastonbury
Glastonbury
Glastonbury is a small town in Somerset, England, situated at a dry point on the Somerset Levels, south of Bristol. The town has a population of 8,800.... , situated on a low hill in the marshy, and once perpetually flooded, Somerset Levels
Somerset Levels
The Somerset Levels is a sparsely populated coastal plain and wetland area of central Somerset, England, between the Quantock Hills and Mendip Hills hills.... , and Wareham
Wareham, Dorset
Wareham is a historic market town and, under the name Wareham Town, a civil parish, in the England county of Dorset. The town is situated on the River Frome, Dorset eight miles south west of Poole.... in Dorset
Dorset
Dorset , is a Counties of England in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester, Dorset, situated in the south of the county at .... surrounded by flood plains to the west and Poole Harbour
Poole Harbour
Poole Harbour is a large natural harbour in Dorset, southern England, with the town of Poole on its shores. The harbour is a drowned valley formed at the end of the last ice age and is the estuary of several rivers, the largest being the River Frome, Dorset.... to the east.
