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A winterbourne is sometimes simply called a <i><a href="/wiki/Bourne_(stream)" title="Bourne (stream)">bourne</a></i>, from the <a href="/wiki/Old_English_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Old English language">Anglo-Saxon</a> word for a stream flowing from a spring, although this term can also be used for all-year water courses.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Winterbournes generally form in areas where there is <a href="/wiki/Chalk" title="Chalk">chalk</a> (or other porous rock) <a href="/wiki/Downland" title="Downland">downland</a> bordering <a href="/wiki/Clay" title="Clay">clay</a> <a href="/wiki/Valley" title="Valley">valleys</a> or <a href="/wiki/River_valley" class="mw-redirect" title="River valley">vales</a>. When it rains, the porous chalk holds water in its <a href="/wiki/Aquifer" title="Aquifer">aquifer</a>, releasing the water at a steady rate. During dry seasons the <a href="/wiki/Water_table" title="Water table">water table</a> may fall below the level of the stream's bed, causing it to dry out. </p><p>Exploitation of chalk aquifers as a domestic water source in Britain has had the effect of converting many streams and rivers into artificial winterbournes. This effect is controversial, and local campaigns have often been successful in reducing aquifer abstraction and reversing the effect. For an example, see the <a href="/wiki/River_Pang" title="River Pang">River Pang</a> in Berkshire. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Examples">Examples</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Winterbourne_(stream)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Examples"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Winterbournes occasionally give their names to settlements. Many of the United Kingdom's 'Winterbournes' are villages in <a href="/wiki/Dorset" title="Dorset">Dorset</a>, such as <a href="/wiki/Winterbourne_Abbas" title="Winterbourne Abbas">Winterbourne Abbas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Winterborne_Monkton" title="Winterborne Monkton">Winterborne Monkton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Winterborne_St_Martin" title="Winterborne St Martin">Winterborne St Martin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Winterborne_Zelston" title="Winterborne Zelston">Winterborne Zelston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Winterborne_Houghton" title="Winterborne Houghton">Winterborne Houghton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Winterborne_Whitechurch" title="Winterborne Whitechurch">Winterborne Whitechurch</a>. In north <a href="/wiki/Wiltshire" title="Wiltshire">Wiltshire</a>, north of <a href="/wiki/Avebury" title="Avebury">Avebury</a>, there are the villages of <a href="/wiki/Winterbourne_Monkton" title="Winterbourne Monkton">Winterbourne Monkton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Winterbourne_Bassett" title="Winterbourne Bassett">Winterbourne Bassett</a>, and in south Wiltshire, north-east of <a href="/wiki/Salisbury" title="Salisbury">Salisbury</a>, <a href="/wiki/Winterbourne_Dauntsey" title="Winterbourne Dauntsey">Winterbourne Dauntsey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Winterbourne_Earls" title="Winterbourne Earls">Winterbourne Earls</a> and <a href="/wiki/Winterbourne_Gunner" title="Winterbourne Gunner">Winterbourne Gunner</a>. In <a href="/wiki/South_Gloucestershire" title="South Gloucestershire">South Gloucestershire</a> there are the villages of <a href="/wiki/Winterbourne,_Gloucestershire" title="Winterbourne, Gloucestershire">Winterbourne</a> and <a href="/wiki/Winterbourne_Down,_South_Gloucestershire" class="mw-redirect" title="Winterbourne Down, South Gloucestershire">Winterbourne Down</a>. </p><p>There is a winterbourne stream in a suburban area of <a href="/wiki/Lewes" title="Lewes">Lewes</a>, East Sussex. The area is also called Winterbourne. The stream runs from the foot of the South Downs through a park, a housing estate and a public garden, ending at the Railway Land Nature Reserve where it meets the River Ouse. It is a clear and verdant stream, much frequented by ducks. 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title="Floating island">Floating island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fluvial_terrace" title="Fluvial terrace">Fluvial terrace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gill_(ravine)" title="Gill (ravine)">Gill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulch" title="Gulch">Gulch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gully" title="Gully">Gully</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glen" title="Glen">Glen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meander_scar" title="Meander scar">Meander scar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mouth_bar" title="Mouth bar">Mouth bar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oxbow_lake" title="Oxbow lake">Oxbow lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riffle-pool_sequence" title="Riffle-pool sequence">Riffle-pool sequence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Point_bar" title="Point bar">Point bar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ravine" title="Ravine">Ravine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rill" title="Rill">Rill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_island" title="River island">River island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock-cut_basin" title="Rock-cut basin">Rock-cut 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