Loughor estuary

E110149

estuary tidal estuary

The Loughor estuary is a tidal estuary in South Wales where the River Loughor meets the sea, forming part of the boundary between Carmarthenshire and Swansea and supporting important wildlife habitats.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Loughor Estuary	5
Loughor estuary canonical	2
Loughor	1
Loughor–Burry Inlet estuarine system	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	estuary ⓘ tidal estuary ⓘ
country	Wales ⓘ
formsBoundaryBetween	Carmarthenshire ⓘ City and County of Swansea ⓘ
hasHabitatType	intertidal zone ⓘ mudflats ⓘ saltmarsh ⓘ sand dunes ⓘ sandflats ⓘ
hasHydrologicalCharacteristic	macrotidal ⓘ tidally influenced ⓘ
hasNearbyArea	Burry Port ⓘ Gower Peninsula ⓘ North Gower ⓘ Pembrey ⓘ
hasNearbyTown	Gorseinon ⓘ Llanelli ⓘ River Loughor ⓘ surface form: Loughor
hasNearbyVillage	Bynea ⓘ Crofty ⓘ Gowerton ⓘ Llangennech ⓘ Penclawdd ⓘ Pwll ⓘ
hasProtectionStatus	Ramsar site ⓘ Site of Special Scientific Interest ⓘ Special Area of Conservation ⓘ Special Protection Area ⓘ
knownFor	cockle fisheries ⓘ shellfish beds ⓘ
locatedIn	Carmarthen Bay ⓘ South Wales ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
mouthOf	River Loughor ⓘ
opensInto	Bristol Channel ⓘ
partOf	Burry Inlet ⓘ Carmarthen Bay coast ⓘ surface form: Carmarthenshire coastline Loughor estuary self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Loughor–Burry Inlet estuarine system Swansea Bay ⓘ surface form: Swansea coastline
supportsSpeciesGroup	marine invertebrates ⓘ migratory birds ⓘ saltmarsh plants ⓘ wading birds ⓘ wildfowl ⓘ
usedFor	birdwatching ⓘ commercial cockle gathering ⓘ recreational angling ⓘ wildlife conservation ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Llanelli → locatedOn → Loughor estuary ⓘ

City and County of Swansea → contains → Loughor estuary ⓘ

this entity surface form: Loughor

Loughor estuary → partOf → Loughor estuary self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Loughor–Burry Inlet estuarine system

Llanmadoc → hasViewOf → Loughor estuary ⓘ