River Ribble

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river

The River Ribble is a major river in northern England that flows through North Yorkshire and Lancashire before emptying into the Irish Sea near Preston.

Aliases (2)

Ribble river system ×2
River Wyre ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	river →
associatedProtectedArea	Ribble and Alt Estuaries SPA →
basinCountry	United Kingdom →
country	England →
crossedBy	A59 road → M6 motorway near Preston → railway bridges near Preston →
crossesCounty	Lancashire → North Yorkshire →
drainageBasin	Irish Sea basin →
economicUse	agriculture irrigation → water abstraction →
emptiesInto	Irish Sea →
estuaryLocation	between Lytham St Annes and Southport →
flowsNear	Clitheroe → Ribble Valley → Ribblehead →
flowsThrough	Lancashire → North Yorkshire → Ribble Valley →
hasEstuary	Ribble Estuary →
hasFloodplain	Ribble Valley → around Preston →
hasTributary	River Calder (Lancashire) → River Darwen → River Douglas → River Hodder → River Loud → River Yarrow →
hasWildlifeHabitat	Ribble Estuary National Nature Reserve →
historicalUse	navigation → trade route →
locatedIn	Northern England →
mouth	Irish Sea →
mouthLocation	near Preston →
nameLanguage	English →
nearbyCity	Preston →
nearbyTown	Clitheroe → Settle →
notableBridge	Ribblehead Viaduct vicinity →
passesThrough	Preston →
region	Lancashire Plain → Ribble Valley district → Yorkshire Dales →
sourceLocation	Yorkshire Dales →
sourceRegion	North Yorkshire →
usedFor	angling → boating → recreation →

Referenced by (29)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
River Calder (Lancashire) → River Darwen → River Douglas → River Loud →	tributaryOf
Clitheroe → Preston → Settle →	locatedOnRiver
Irish Sea → Irish Sea ("River Wyre") →	hasInflow
Ribble estuary → River Calder (Lancashire) →	mouthOf
River Darwen → River Hodder →	mouthOfWatercourse
River Tawd ("Ribble river system") → Yorkshire Dales →	riverSystem
Lancashire → Lancashire Plain →	traversedBy
River Calder (Lancashire) →	confluenceWith
Ribble Valley →	containsRiver
A59 road →	crossesRiver
Lancashire Plain →	drainedBy
North West England →	hasRiver
Ribblehead →	locatedNearRiver
Pennines →	majorRiversOriginating
River Loud →	mouth
Ribble Valley →	namedAfter
Clitheroe →	nearRiver
River Lostock ("Ribble river system") →	partOf
Liverpool Bay →	receivesRiver