Lincolnshire Fens

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agricultural landscape geographical region wetland

The Lincolnshire Fens are a low-lying, largely reclaimed agricultural wetland landscape in eastern England, characterized by flat fields, drainage channels, and rich arable farming.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
The Fens 13
Fens 3
Fenland area 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf agricultural landscape ⓘ
geographical region ⓘ
wetland ⓘ
borderedBy Lincolnshire Wolds ⓘ
The Wash coastline ⓘ
climate maritime temperate ⓘ
containsSettlement Boston ⓘ
Crowland ⓘ
Holbeach ⓘ
Spalding ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
elevation generally at or below sea level ⓘ
hasCharacteristic drained wetland ⓘ
dykes and embankments ⓘ
extensive drainage channels ⓘ
fertile soils ⓘ
reclaimed land ⓘ
hasFeature large rectangular fields ⓘ
long, straight roads ⓘ
straight drainage ditches ⓘ
hasVegetation drainage channel reeds ⓘ
intensive arable crops ⓘ
historicalEra major drainage in 17th century ⓘ
historicalProcess land reclamation from marsh and fen ⓘ
hydrology network of artificial drains ⓘ
pumped drainage systems ⓘ
knownFor cereal crops ⓘ
large-scale vegetable production ⓘ
sugar beet production ⓘ
locatedIn England ⓘ
eastern England ⓘ
locatedNear The Wash ⓘ
managedBy internal drainage boards ⓘ
partOf The Fens ⓘ
surface form: Fens

Lincolnshire ⓘ
primaryLandUse arable farming ⓘ
intensive agriculture ⓘ
regionType rural ⓘ
risk flooding ⓘ
soilType alluvial soils ⓘ
peat soils ⓘ
terrain flat ⓘ
low-lying ⓘ
transport agricultural drainage banks used as routes ⓘ
rural road network ⓘ
usedFor food production ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

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

Lincolnshire Wolds → adjacentTo → Lincolnshire Fens ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lincolnshire Marsh
A151 road → connectsRegion → Lincolnshire Fens ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Fens
East Cambridgeshire → contains → Lincolnshire Fens ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Fens
East of England → contains → Lincolnshire Fens ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Fens
River Great Ouse → drainageBasin → Lincolnshire Fens ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Fens
Cambridgeshire, England → hasRegion → Lincolnshire Fens ⓘ
subject surface form: Cambridgeshire
this entity surface form: The Fens
Fenland District → hasRegion → Lincolnshire Fens ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Fens
The Wash → historicallyAssociatedWith → Lincolnshire Fens ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fenlands
Ely → locatedIn → Lincolnshire Fens ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Fens
Holbeach → locatedIn → Lincolnshire Fens ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Fens
March, Cambridgeshire → locatedIn → Lincolnshire Fens ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Fens
Marshland St James → locatedIn → Lincolnshire Fens ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Fens
Nordelph → locatedIn → Lincolnshire Fens ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fens
Walpole Highway → locatedIn → Lincolnshire Fens ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fenland area
Walpole St Andrew → locatedIn → Lincolnshire Fens ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fens
Whittlesey → locatedIn → Lincolnshire Fens ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fens
Wisbech → locatedIn → Lincolnshire Fens ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Fens
River Witham → locatedOn → Lincolnshire Fens ⓘ
The Fens → namedAfter → Lincolnshire Fens ⓘ
this entity surface form: fens (marshy wetlands)
Nordelph → partOf → Lincolnshire Fens ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fens of eastern England
Boston, Lincolnshire, England → region → Lincolnshire Fens ⓘ
subject surface form: Boston, Lincolnshire
Fen Line → servesRegion → Lincolnshire Fens ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Fens
Southery → situatedIn → Lincolnshire Fens ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Fens