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Site Information: Trout Beck
Sponsoring organisation(s)
Natural Environment Research Council & Natural England (through Centre for Ecology and Hydrology)
Network(s) this site belongs to
UK Environmental Change Network
Site characteristics
| Altitude | m |
The catchment area is indicated with a black line. |
| Mean annual pH* | 6.7 | |
| Mean annual discharge* | 0.57 cumecs | |
| Mean annual water temperature* | 8.9 | |
| * calculated from the ECN Data Centre database | ||
| Information held about this site |
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Description
The Trout Beck is a headwater stream of the Tees which drains Great Dun Fell, Hard Hill and Knock Fell in the North Pennines. The ECN sampling point (Grid Ref NY758335) is at 535m altitude and the catchment above this covers 1146 ha, rising to 848m altitude. The geology is alternating strata of Carboniferous limestones, sandstone and shales. Blanket peat covers 90% of the catchment with skeletal soils towards the fell tops and small areas of limestone soils and alluvial soils. Vegetation is dominated by ling heather (Calluna vulgaris), cotton grass (Eriophorum spp) and Sphagnum moss. The catchment lies in Moor House National Nature Reserve which is owned by English Nature. Discharge is measured at a Compound Crump Gauging Station operated by the Environment Agency. The pH of Trout Beck has wide fluctuations associated with the discharge. The site has a long history of ecological research.
Trout Beck was the first ECN Freshwater Site to be co-located with an ECN Terrestrial site. Its catchment is entirely within the Moor House-Upper Teesdale Terrestrial Site. For more information see Moor House - Upper Teesdale.
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Related links
- Photographic Archive of Moor House/Trout Beck: Each week a digital photo of the Trout Beck at Moor House is taken and kept in an archive as a record of conditions at the site.
- Up-to-date river flow data, including information on flood risk, from this site are available from the Environment Agency.
- This site is part of the Acid Deposition (UKEAP) network.
- This site is part of the Experimentation in Ecosystem Research (ExpeER) network.
Contact
Mr Rob Rose & Ms Bev Dodd
Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg, Lancaster, Lancs, LA1 4AP
rjr@ceh.ac.uk
& bado@ceh.ac.uk
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