river the poem way vested finds flooding the surrounding countryside houses were washed away including that of farmer philippe whose entire harvest was wiped out. of the cycle and karim i ve been making good progress but when it hit it literally threw me back to square one i m now starting from the bottom again point 0. things would have been even worse if it weren t for the goring goes a national park this unique wetland landscape lies 140 kilometers up river like a sponge the vegetation in the network of streams and rivers there absorbed huge amounts of water dumped by the cycling. marks downman is the chief ecologist at the park checks the water levels regularly. he says even today 5