Excuse me, WJHAT???

New findings suggest people living in the ancient empire of Nubia in northern Sudan were manipulating the river to their advantage as far back as 3,000 years ago. River 'groynes' are rigid structures, laid perpendicular to a shore or bank, that humans still use to this day to manipulate the flow of water and silt. They're highly useful, and farmers and boaters along the Nile have known that for much longer than we ever knew. The Yellow River in China used to have the oldest known groynes in the world. But not anymore. Researchers in Australia and the United Kingdom have found evidence that Nubians were using groynes 2,500 years before farmers in China were doing the same. Using satellite data, local surveys, and previous studies, the team revealed hundreds of groynes that still stand in Sudan to this day.

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What if...smutty little writing doodle that contains the scene of their first kiss? :3c

say sike right now

A cloudy day and a low tide at Fleetwood.

@home-for-the-slugs Groyne!

I haven’t drawn him before but he’s fun. I’ll have to come back to these at some point because I definitely think Groyne should be more bird-y

Pebbles and groynes

Trying to look this up, because I am on a hot streak of getting annoyed at YouTubers for being wrong about things and I want to make sure that I'm not wrong (or that maybe we're both right), but like... is 'wivvern' an accepted standard pronunciation of the word 'wyvern' in any dialects of English that you are aware of? I've only ever heard it pronounced with the y sounding like 'eye' rather than like 'ih' but I've heard two people saying 'wivvern' today alone and I'm starting to wonder if this is just a thing I didn't know about.

lmfao pls this cannot be a real suggestion…..

gr. groyne

( i am tempted to make a dirty joke about a guy's "sturdy barrier" but idk how to execute it. 😔 )

so its like a chastity belt but for the sea

groyne???

Bognor Regis, Sussex.

01.12.23

#serene #beach #autumn #autumnal #northsea #southshields #northeast #southtyneside #peaceful #contemplation #england #uk #greatbritain #groyne (at Little Haven Beach South Shields) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cklx0c4DJ1G/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Jubilee Gardens in Cleveleys and what looks like preparations for a rock concert.