Exeter and Its Region
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... rise included a transgression dated approximately as 5,500 years ago when sea level stood at six to 10 feet above its present level . The recent rise of sea level is shown locally by the submerged forests present on many stretches of ...
... rise to 17.25 inches at Plymouth , and to the north they fall to 16.2 inches at Hartland Point . Map two in the Bulletin shows average summer rainfall for the same period . Comparing the two maps we can deduce that in a semicircle ...
... rise to an unsuitable size of farm structure and a low level of capital investment and unattractive social conditions . It must be pointed out , however , that the coincidence of such unfavourable circumstances is not peculiar to Devon ...