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In Wales, Floodline is operated by Natural Resources Wales, and in England by the Environment Agency. In March 2011 SEPA enhanced its provision with a direct warnings extension to its Floodline service. This sends flood warning information for a chosen geographical area direct to customers who have registered a mobile or landline telephone number.
This is a list of the named geological faults in Scotland.See the main article on faults for a fuller treatment of fault types and nomenclature but in brief, the main types are normal faults, reverse faults, thrusts, thrust faults or slides and strike-slip faults.
Map published in 1912 by George Barrow [5] showing what became known as the Highland Boundary Fault. One of the earliest and most prominent references to the Highland Boundary Fault was by George Barrow in 1912 ʻOn the Geology of Lower Dee-side and the Southern Highland Borderʼ, which highlights the nature of the rocks accompanying the Highland Border and describes the mineral zones ...
The Floodline is the flood warning and information service used in the United Kingdom to issue flood alerts and warnings to the public, emergency organisations and businesses. The system uses observed data from rain, river and coastal gauges, combined with weather forecasts to accurately predict the likelihood and timing of flooding.
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The Muckle Spate was a great flood in August 1829, which devastated much of Strathspey, in the north east of Scotland.Muckle is a Scots word for 'much' or 'great'. [2]It began raining on the evening of 2 August 1829, and continued into the next day when a thunderstorm broke over the Cairngorms.
Scottish Friendly was established in 1862 as the City of Glasgow Friendly Society, and was a breakaway movement from the Royal Liver Friendly Society, whose headquarters were in Liverpool. The first meeting of the City of Glasgow Friendly Society took place in the Bell Hotel, 68 Trongate , on 16 September 1862.
River Forth River Spey River Don near Alford River Clyde. The Rivers and Fisheries Trusts of Scotland (RAFTS) (also known as the Association of Scottish River & Fishery Management Trusts) is a waterway society, an unincorporated association, a Scottish charity, and an umbrella organisation for river trusts in Scotland, based in Edinburgh.