Tees-Exe line

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Geological map of Great Britain: the Tees-Exe line is roughly concordant with the edge of the Triassic zone (numbered 15-16), as it stretches from the River Exe to the River Tees.

The Tees-Exe line is an imaginary line that can be drawn on a map of Great Britain which roughly divides the lowland and upland regions of the country.

The line links the mouth of the River Tees between Redcar and Hartlepool in the north east of England with the mouth of the River Exe in Devon, the south west. The lowlands (sedimentary rocks) are predominant to the east of the line and higher land (igneous and metamorphic rocks) dominates to the west. As well as geology, those areas to the north and west of the line are generally wetter in climate than those to the east and south.

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• Geology of the United Kingdom