Bedford Level

Japanese: Bedford Level(英語表記)BedfordLevel
Bedford Level

...However, monasteries were established in the slightly elevated areas of Peterborough, Thorney, Ely, etc., and formed their own power. Full-scale drainage work began in the first half of the 17th century in the peat bog called Bedford Level in the southern half of England. With the capital of the nobility and gentry and the introduction of Dutch technology, many straight drainage channels were excavated, and the marshes were converted into farmland, where grains, flax, rapeseed, etc. were cultivated.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Bedford Level" is listed below.

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Japanese:

…ただ微高地上のピーターバラ,ソーニー,イーリーなどには修道院が設立されて,独自の勢力を形成していた。本格的な排水工事は17世紀前半になって南半部のベドフォード低地Bedford Levelと呼ばれる泥炭地で始められた。貴族,ジェントリー層の資本とオランダ技術の導入によって多くの直線排水路が掘削され,沼沢地が農地に転じて穀物,アマ,ナタネなどが栽培された。…

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