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River Wye

This must be low tide. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Chepstow_Bridge_with_a_very_hi... for a view at an abnormally high tide.

Some of these captions say Chepstow, England and others say Chepstow, Wales. The town of Chepstow is in Wales. The border is the Wye River. In this view, I think the right-hand bank is in Monmouthshire, Wales, showing part of Chepstow Castle, and the left-hand bank is Gloucestershire, England. A recent, somewhat closer, view is at www.pbase.com/paulthedane/image/4584666

Dark room daze: Thanks for the identification of the River Wye. Swanq: We will fix the captions that say England, and change them to Wales. Thanks for the good catch.

River Wye in foreground. A famous view for British geomorphologists as it shows the development of a river meander as the river progressively undercuts the bank beneath the viewpoint leaving a record of older meander positions behind it.

thank you Darkroom Daze for your explanation of this image. We will add the River Wye to the description when we update.

Arden Glad to help. The River Wye in this area shows examples of this and various other classic geomorphological features (e.g. the river is 'incised' and 'superimposed'). The bedrock geology of the Carboniferous (Misissippian) Limetone exposed in the cliffs here, and also seen in other Chepstow postcards posted here, is also of geological interest. But I assumed more information about these things would be more technical than you would want!

Its so pretty ! GOOD JOB

Vicky_laps The Library of Congress didn't take these photos. They are 100 years old! ;-)

It's wonderful have a glimpse at this. Thanks for sharing it./Es maravilloso poder echar un vistazo a esto. Gracias por compartirlo.

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