Orne River estuary

E101170

coastal inlet estuary

The Orne River estuary is a coastal inlet in Normandy, France, where the Orne River meets the English Channel near key D-Day landing areas.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Orne River estuary canonical	1
Orne estuary	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	coastal inlet ⓘ estuary ⓘ
climate	oceanic climate ⓘ
connectedTo	English Channel coastal currents ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
emptiesInto	English Channel ⓘ
environmentalConcern	coastal erosion ⓘ habitat conservation ⓘ
flowsThrough	Merville-Franceville-Plage commune ⓘ Ouistreham ⓘ surface form: Ouistreham commune
hasActivity	birdwatching ⓘ boating ⓘ sailing ⓘ shellfish gathering ⓘ
hasEcosystemType	coastal wetland ⓘ mudflat ⓘ salt marsh ⓘ
hasFeature	bird habitat ⓘ sand dunes ⓘ tidal influence ⓘ
hasProtectionStatus	nature conservation area ⓘ protected wetland area ⓘ
historicalPeriod	World War II ⓘ
historicalSignificance	proximity to D-Day landing areas ⓘ
knownFor	biodiversity ⓘ migratory birds ⓘ
locatedIn	Calvados department ⓘ Normandy ⓘ
locatedOn	north coast of France ⓘ
near	Baie de Seine ⓘ surface form: Bay of the Seine Caen Canal ⓘ Juno Beach ⓘ Merville-Franceville-Plage ⓘ Orne River ⓘ surface form: Orne River mouth Orne bridges ⓘ Ouistreham ⓘ Pegasus Bridge museum area ⓘ surface form: Pegasus Bridge area Sword Beach ⓘ
partOf	Normandy ⓘ surface form: Normandy coast Orne River ⓘ surface form: Orne River basin
region	Western France ⓘ surface form: northwestern France
riverMouthOf	Orne River ⓘ
subjectTo	tides of the English Channel ⓘ
usedFor	fishing ⓘ navigation ⓘ recreation ⓘ
waterBodyType	brackish water ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sword Beach → nearbyFeature → Orne River estuary ⓘ

Merville Battery → designedToDefend → Orne River estuary ⓘ

this entity surface form: Orne estuary