Firth of Tay

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estuary firth

The Firth of Tay is a large estuary on the east coast of Scotland where the River Tay meets the North Sea, noted for its bridges, wildlife, and maritime history.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary European marine site 1

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf estuary ⓘ
firth ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
emptiesInto North Sea ⓘ
formedByMouthOf River Tay ⓘ
hasBridge Tay Rail Bridge ⓘ
Tay Road Bridge ⓘ
hasHabitatType intertidal mudflats ⓘ
saltmarsh ⓘ
sandbanks ⓘ
hasHistoricalEvent Tay Bridge disaster ⓘ
hasIsland Inchcolm ⓘ
surface form: Inchcolm (regionally nearby in Firth of Forth)
hasMajorCityOnShore Dundee ⓘ
Newport-on-Tay ⓘ
Perth ⓘ
Tayport ⓘ
hasPort Perth Harbour ⓘ
Port of Dundee ⓘ
knownFor bridges ⓘ
maritime history ⓘ
recreational boating ⓘ
shipping ⓘ
wildlife ⓘ
locatedIn east coast of Scotland ⓘ
locatedInCouncilArea Angus ⓘ
Dundee ⓘ
surface form: Dundee City

Fife ⓘ
Perth and Kinross ⓘ
mouthNear Broughty Ferry ⓘ
Tentsmuir ⓘ
near Dundee Law ⓘ
partOf North Sea ⓘ
surface form: North Sea basin

River Tay ⓘ
surface form: River Tay system
supportsSpecies bottlenose dolphin ⓘ
grey seal ⓘ
harbour seal ⓘ
migratory birds ⓘ
various seabirds ⓘ
usedFor angling ⓘ
commercial shipping ⓘ
recreational sailing ⓘ
wildlife watching ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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

Fife → borders → Firth of Tay ⓘ
River Tay → flowsInto → Firth of Tay ⓘ
Fife Coastal Path → followsCoastOf → Firth of Tay ⓘ
Fife → hasCoastlineOn → Firth of Tay ⓘ
Kingdom of Fife → hasCoastlineOn → Firth of Tay ⓘ
River Tay → hasEstuary → Firth of Tay ⓘ
Kingdom of Fife → locatedBetween → Firth of Tay ⓘ
River Tay → mouthLocation → Firth of Tay ⓘ
Dundee Law → overlooks → Firth of Tay ⓘ
River Tay estuary (part) → partOf → Firth of Tay ⓘ
Tentsmuir → partOf → Firth of Tay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary European marine site
Tayport → waterBody → Firth of Tay ⓘ