Morecambe Bay's ever moving sand

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Taken this lunchtime, 8K photo from an Atom 2.

Morecambe Bay is big – 615 km2 – second only to The Wash in the UK. The tides in the Bay
are very large – up to 10.5 m at Heysham – so the Bay has the most extensive area
uncovered between high and low tides of any coast in the UK. Three major rivers (the
Leven, Kent and Lune) flow into the Bay.
The Leven and Kent channels shift across the Bay, sometimes moving to the western side
and then eastwards again a few years later. As they shift, the saltmarshes move too,
extending out to sea on the side the channels are abandoning.

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I think technically the Wyre also flows into Morecambe Bay :wink:

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Google says it’s on the edge of the Bay and Irish Sea and I borrowed the text from a website about the bay. I didn’t think it flowed into the Bay.

Wikipedia about the Bay says the Wyre flows into it but Wikipedia about the River Wyre says Irish Sea.

One of those topics for a pub discussion :rofl:

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