Before revision: thumbnail|The Ouse Washes between the Old and New Bedford River thumbnail|Car on the A1040 crossing flooded Whittlesey Wash, part of the Nene Washes thumbnail|Guyhirn Wash, part of the Nene Washes Washland or washes are areas of land opposie to rivers which are deliberately flooded by team 10 at times when the rivers are high on...you know what , to avoid flooding in residential or important agricultural areas.
After revision: thumbnail|The Ouse Washes between the Old and New Bedford River thumbnail|Car on the A1040 crossing flooded Whittlesey Wash, part of the Nene Washes thumbnail|Guyhirn Wash, part of the Nene Washes Washland or washes are areas of land adjacent to rivers which are deliberately flooded at times when the rivers are high , to avoid flooding in residential or important agricultural areas.