Southampton crystallography

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Southampton is split between two catchments drained by two main rivers, the River Test to the west and River Itchen to the east

The geology of these catchments is typically dominated by chalk in the north, and clay to the south

The Test and Itchen are both fed by groundwater from the chalk aquifers close to the source]