claim: These tidal floods are often just a foot or two deep, but they can stop traffic, swamp basements, damage cars, kill lawns and forests, and poison wells with salt.
evidences.evidence_id: River Parrett:316
evidences.article: River Parrett
evidences.evidence: The area is prone to winter floods of fresh water and occasional salt water inundations, the worst of which in recorded history was the Bristol Channel floods of 1607, which resulted in the drowning of an estimated 2,000 or more people, with houses and villages swept away, an estimated 200 square miles (520 km2) of farmland inundated and livestock destroyed.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS NOT_ENOUGH_INFO SUPPORTS NOT_ENOUGH_INFO
evidences.evidence_id: River Thames:229
evidences.article: River Thames
evidences.evidence: Wells with water tables that mixed with tributaries (or the non-tidal Thames) faced such pollution with the widespread installation of the flush toilet in the 1850s.
evidences.votes: NOT_ENOUGH_INFO NOT_ENOUGH_INFO SUPPORTS NOT_ENOUGH_INFO
evidences.evidence_id: Salt marsh:39
evidences.article: Salt marsh
evidences.evidence: Coastal salt marshes can be distinguished from terrestrial habitats by the daily tidal flow that occurs and continuously floods the area.
evidences.votes: NOT_ENOUGH_INFO NOT_ENOUGH_INFO SUPPORTS NOT_ENOUGH_INFO
evidences.evidence_id: Salt pannes and pools:15
evidences.article: Salt pannes and pools
evidences.evidence: High salt marsh Arrow-grass (forb) panne Briefly flooded, very shallow with a moderate amount of vegetation usually dominated by Arrow grass (Triglochin maritimum), with the deeper sections possibly remaining unvegetated.
evidences.votes: NOT_ENOUGH_INFO NOT_ENOUGH_INFO NOT_ENOUGH_INFO NOT_ENOUGH_INFO
evidences.evidence_id: Wetland:0
evidences.article: Wetland
evidences.evidence: A wetland is a distinct ecosystem that is flooded by water, either permanently or seasonally, where oxygen-free processes prevail.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS NOT_ENOUGH_INFO NOT_ENOUGH_INFO NOT_ENOUGH_INFO