Morecambe Bay

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Morecambe Bay is a large estuarine bay on the Irish Sea coast of England, noted for its extensive tidal sands, rich birdlife, and historically dangerous quicksands.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bay
coastal landform
estuary
2004 cockling disaster 23 Chinese migrant workers drowned
adjacentTo Arnside
Barrow-in-Furness
Grange-over-Sands
Heysham
Lancaster
Morecambe
climate maritime climate
country England
designatedAs Ramsar site
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Natura 2000 network
surface form: Special Protection Area
governedBy local authorities of Cumbria
local authorities of Lancashire
hasArea approximately 120 square miles
approximately 310 square kilometres
hasCulturalReference featured in television programmes
subject of literature
subject of paintings
hasEconomicActivity fishing
shellfish harvesting
tourism
hasFeature dangerous quicksands
extensive tidal sands
fast-rising tides
mudflats
saltmarshes
sandbanks
hasHistoricalEvent 2004 cockling disaster
hasMouthNear Furness Peninsula
Furness Peninsula
surface form: Fylde coast

Walney Island
hasRisk becoming trapped in quicksand
drowning
tidal flooding
hasTitle largest expanse of intertidal mudflats and sand in the United Kingdom
hasTraditionalActivity guided cross-bay walks
hasViewOf Forest of Bowland
surface form: Bowland Fells

Lake District
surface form: Lake District fells
importantFor migratory birds
wading birds
wildfowl
knownFor cockle fishing
dangerous quicksands
extensive tidal flats
rich birdlife
locatedIn Lancashire
surface form: County of Lancashire (historic)

Cumbria
Irish Sea
Lancashire
North West England
locatedOnCoastOf Irish Sea
namedAfter Morecambe
near Arnside and Silverdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
Lake District
partOf Atlantic Ocean
surface form: Atlantic Ocean basin

Irish Sea
Morecambe Bay self-linksurface differs
surface form: Morecambe Bay and Duddon Estuary SPA (ecological designation)
receivesInflowFrom River Keer
River Kent
River Leven
River Lune
River Wyre (indirectly via coastal waters)

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Leven Estuary connectedTo Morecambe Bay
this entity surface form: Morecambe Bay tidal system
Ulverston Channel locatedIn Morecambe Bay
Barrow docks waterBody Morecambe Bay
this entity surface form: Morecambe Bay region