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Why are some links in bold? --Brion 02:01 Oct 6, 2002 (UTC)
Because I am trying to highlight the Broads (lakes) vis-avis the villages/towns. Is there a Wiki convention that prevents me from doing that? User:Renata
Did sea levels really rise? That doesn't seem very likely to me. - anon
I was on the Broads today. Does anyone know their depth, or the depth of the channels? —Christiaan 22:58, 27 Mar 2005 (UTC)
It would be great if someone could get a map up on here. Also I heard something about how the rivers are all tidal running to and from Great Yarmouth, in places at a higher level than the surrounding land (hence the historic use of windmills to pump water into them from the land). Anyone know better details or good sources of reliable info? — 80.3.128.5 13:06, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
Map still needed! Ed8r (talk) 16:28, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
Some of the information on this seems inconsistent. We say:
Are we really saying that only 2% of the water area is available for navigation. That strikes me as far too low. And 4 km² really isn't very big, I would have guessed Breydon Water on its own would be bigger than that. -- Chris j wood 17:25, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
The Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act of 1988 made the Broads Authority into a Special Statutory Authority which gave it parity with national park authorities. However, it is not a National Park! -- 88.111.11.207 17:13, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
The result of the debate was move. —Nightstallion (?) Seen this already? 19:01, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
The Broads National Park → The Broads – As per the discussion above, The Broads is not strictly a National Park, it is only treated as one. It was created under special legislation which gives it a status similar to a National Park, but not of one.
There is a lot going on to do with water pollution since the end of the second world war in the Broads. Mercury dumping combined with phosphate and nitrate based fertiliser run-off has left the water murky and nowhere near as clear as it once was. It would be nice, if anybody knows more about this topic, to get a section in here. Details of the Clearwater 2000 project that took place in Barton Broad would be good too. I'm just starting a dissertation on this so if nobody adds anything about it in the mean time, then I should be able to add some good stuff within a year or so.
As they articles on the Norfolk Broads and Suffolk Broads are merely stubs, it seems to make sense to merge/redirect here. (A lot of people say Norfolk Broads when they mean The Broads anyway). Please make any opposition known (if there is none before Sunday, I will proceed with the merge)
Merged Ratarsed 11:29, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
Apart from the brief reference I have added there is no mention of hire boats on the Broads. Since these probably form the majority of the boats present and they have a long history going back before WW1 this seems odd.--Hymers2 (talk) 12:34, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
I've uploaded a location map of the Broads to Commons (shown to right). I have not created an associated ((location map)) template, but this can easily be done if desired. Some of the rivers look like they need tweaking, I'll get on this soon
If this is created, it allow enable creation a map of the Broads similar to the one under construction at Talk:Dartmoor#Location map, and could be used in related articles (see this example). Hope people find it useful.--Nilfanion (talk) 22:17, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
I was surprised to find no mention of eutrophication on this page. I'm going to add a section here, but I think it may deserve its own page e.g. 'eutrophication of the norfolk broads'. I'm fairly new to this, so could someone wise in the ways of wikipedia decide if it needs a new page or if it is better kept here.Wise zoologist (talk) 12:35, 7 April 2013 (UTC) Could someone please sort out the references for the eutrophication topic. I've given up.Wise zoologist (talk) 13:58, 7 April 2013 (UTC)
I'm the one who'd added the term "lakes" in an attempt to define what "broads" are. Evidently that term isn't acceptable. I'm sorry to have introduced an error, and I'm glad somebody caught it.
But something must define "broads" for non-English readers. It is not a term I'm familiar with (not as a descriptor of landscape, at any rate), and I have plenty of education and read widely. Someone reading an encyclopedia article on The Broads shouldn't have to go to a dictionary to discover what the article deals with in the most basic sense.
Please consider clarifying this, preferably in the first paragraph.
Thanks again for catching my error.
05:56, 29 August 2015 (UTC) KC 05:56, 29 August 2015 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Boydstra (talk • contribs)
Thanks for your gracious response—and for the clarity. A superb article! KC 16:59, 21 October 2015 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Boydstra (talk • contribs)
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The statement "and the design of the boats have included several innovative features, including short fin keels and a separate rudder. The design was eventually used on seagoing yachts from the 1960s." is contentious/dubious. The evolution of sailboat design is *very* complicated, and the Broads boats are probably better regarded as a continuation and development of a 19thC line of design that was very little used in salt water design in the UK between about 1914 and the 1960s. This image, for example, shows an early 20thC German boat, albeit with a centreboard, that is very much of the short keel and separate rudder style. http://www.fky.org/prestodata/pics.php4?pic=1904/12/s1904-12-0280-092.jpg&sec_id=8ca09af3a824995da1dceb387d3cbb93 There are doubtless numerous others out there. But really isn't the whole subject much too technical for this particular article and the sentence would be better ommitted? The supplied reference is not to a specialised work on the evolution of sailboat design, and I imagine the author simply didn't know enough about 19th C design. 212.159.44.170 (talk) 10:16, 18 June 2017 (UTC)
Let’s face it, everyone knows the area as that. So not to mention this right at the very beginning, in the first para of the lede, is ridiculous. That it is mentioned much further down the lede makes no difference to this argument. I’m raising this here as my edit to put it in para. 1 was reverted, as this “was dealt with” lower down. “Dealt with”!!! Good grief. We’re all about reflecting what is, not deflecting something to lower down. Boscaswell talk 22:12, 9 August 2021 (UTC)
Proposed opening:
"The Broads (known for marketing purposes as The Broads National Park) is a network of mostly navigable rivers and lakes in the English counties of Norfolk and Suffolk. Although the terms "Norfolk Broads" and "Suffolk Broads" are used to identify specific areas within the two counties respectively, the whole area is frequently referred to as the Norfolk Broads.
The lakes, known as broads, were formed by the flooding of peat workings. The Broads, and some surrounding land, were constituted as a special area with a level of protection similar to a national park by the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act 1988. The Broads Authority, a special statutory authority responsible for managing the area, became operational in 1989.
The area is 303 square kilometres (117 sq mi), most of which is in Norfolk, with over 200 kilometres (120 mi) of navigable waterways. There are seven rivers and 63 broads, mostly less than 4 metres (13 ft) deep. Thirteen broads are generally open to navigation, with a further three having navigable channels. Some broads have navigation restrictions imposed on them in autumn and winter, although the legality of the restrictions is questionable."
The image with the caption St. Benet's Abbey is not of the Abbey of which nothing remains visible above ground. It is of the ruined gatehouse (the stone part) and the drainage mill which was later built over it (the brick part) now also ruined. The site of the Abbey is a couple of hundred metres or so the ESE of the gatehouse and is marked by a large,(modern) wooden cross whose shadow is just visible on Google Earth (3D magnified). I propose to change the image caption to "The ruined gatehouse of St. Benet's Abbey." Mike Spathaky (talk) 03:09, 19 January 2022 (UTC)
Seem to be a lot of use of Yacht when I think sailing dingy is more appropriate. Kitchen Knife (talk) 23:32, 21 March 2022 (UTC)
"There is also a second navigable link to the sea, via the River Waveney and its link to Oulton Broad."
In the context of the wider "Geography" section, what does this mean? What is the first navigable link to the seat explicitly mentioned in that section? --Criticalthinker (talk) 08:19, 12 October 2023 (UTC)