the Solway definition
Examples of the Solway in a sentence
Officer Steering Group (OSG) The Officer Steering Group provides technical support to the staff unit and comprises senior officers from Natural England, Allerdale Borough Council, Cumbria County Council, Carlisle City Council, Environment Agency and the Solway Firth Partnership.
Geology The Canonbie Coalfield is located at the north-eastern end of the Solway Basin where NAE hold their exploration title.
In the Canonbie Coalfield, the Solway Syncline is bounded in the north and east by faults, and to the south and west, by unconformity and poor development of coal seams.
Of particular importance is the extensive coastal and marine environment of the Solway Firth, together with numerous rivers, lochs and other wetlands.
Currently 36% of total river water body length in the Solway Tweed catchment is at ‘good’ or ‘high’ status, using Water Framework Directive classification, and 64% is classified as ‘failing’ to attain good or high status55 (The national figure for water bodies at good or high in England is 23%, in the North West basin the figure is 24%56.) The Council is working with partners to address these issues which arise from dispersed pollution sources over a wide area.
It’s boundaries stretch from Morecambe Bay in the south to the Solway Firth and the Scottish border in the north.
Historically the Solway and the Eden has been extensively netted (few lines on main netting reductions buy outs.
It is an innovative school based one-year course set up by a consortium of schools in the Western Lakes and the Solway Coast who were anxious to contribute towards Initial Teacher Training but were geographically isolated from existing Colleges.