Pennines

E17013

mountain range upland region

The Pennines are a range of upland hills and mountains in Northern England often referred to as the "backbone of England," known for their moorland landscapes and role as a natural divide between east and west.

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Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form	Occurrences
South Pennines	12
Pennine hills	3
Cross Fell	0
Pennine Way	1
Pennine foothills	1
Pennine uplands	1
Pennines foothills	1
South Pennines (broad sense)	1
Yorkshire Dales	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	mountain range ⓘ upland region ⓘ
administrativeRegions	County Durham ⓘ Cumbria ⓘ Greater Manchester ⓘ Lancashire ⓘ North Yorkshire ⓘ Northumberland ⓘ West Yorkshire ⓘ
climate	cool temperate oceanic ⓘ
contains	Forest of Bowland ⓘ surface form: Forest of Bowland area North Pennines ⓘ Peak District ⓘ Pennines self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: South Pennines Yorkshire Dales ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
drainageDivideBetween	Irish Sea catchments ⓘ North Sea catchments ⓘ
elevation	893 metres ⓘ
extendsFrom	Peak District (part) ⓘ surface form: Peak District
extendsTo	Cheviot Hills ⓘ surface form: Cheviot Hills area
geologicalFeature	mountains ⓘ upland hills ⓘ
geology	Carboniferous limestone ⓘ Coal Measures ⓘ Millstone Grit ⓘ
highestElevation	893 metres ⓘ
highestPoint	Cross Fell ⓘ
landscapeType	moorland ⓘ
locatedIn	England ⓘ Northern England ⓘ Pennines self-linksurface differs ⓘ Pennines self-linksurface differs ⓘ
locatedOnContinent	Europe ⓘ
majorRiversOriginating	River Aire ⓘ River Calder ⓘ River Irwell ⓘ River Ribble ⓘ River Swale ⓘ River Tees ⓘ River Tyne ⓘ River Ure ⓘ River Wear ⓘ River Wharfe ⓘ
nickname	backbone of England ⓘ
notableLongDistancePath	Pennine Way ⓘ
partOf	backbone of Great Britain uplands ⓘ
separates	North East England ⓘ North West England ⓘ Yorkshire and the Humber ⓘ
usedFor	outdoor recreation ⓘ sheep grazing ⓘ water catchment ⓘ

Referenced by (78)

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

Mytholmroyd → associatedWith → Pennines ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pennine hills

Cheshire Plain → borderedBy → Pennines ⓘ

Great Britain → contains → Pennines ⓘ

Pennines → contains → Pennines self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Pennines

Huddersfield Line → crosses → Pennines ⓘ

M62 → crosses → Pennines ⓘ

M62 motorway → crosses → Pennines ⓘ

Manchester to Leeds line → crosses → Pennines ⓘ

Rochdale Canal → crosses → Pennines ⓘ

Calder Valley line → crossesGeographicalFeature → Pennines ⓘ

Pennine Way → follows → Pennines ⓘ

Mossley → hasFeature → Pennines ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pennine foothills

Todmorden → hasFeature → Pennines ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pennine hills

Northern England → hasLandmark → Pennines ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yorkshire Dales

Northern England → hasLandmark → Pennines ⓘ

West Yorkshire → hasLandscapeFeature → Pennines ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Pennines

Peak District (part) → hasRoute → Pennines ⓘ

subject surface form: Peak District

this entity surface form: Pennine Way

Cheshire Plain → hasViewOf → Pennines ⓘ

Hollingworth Lake Country Park → hasViewOf → Pennines ⓘ

A681 road → locatedIn → Pennines ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Pennines

Bacup → locatedIn → Pennines ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Pennines

Black Chew Head → locatedIn → Pennines ⓘ

Pennines → locatedIn → Pennines self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Cross Fell

Diggle → locatedIn → Pennines ⓘ

Hebden Bridge Town Hall → locatedIn → Pennines ⓘ

Hebden Water → locatedIn → Pennines ⓘ

Littleborough → locatedIn → Pennines ⓘ

Luddenden → locatedIn → Pennines ⓘ

Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale → locatedIn → Pennines ⓘ

Pennines → locatedIn → Pennines self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Pennine Way

Pennine waterways → locatedIn → Pennines ⓘ

River Colne → locatedIn → Pennines ⓘ

subject surface form: River Colne (West Yorkshire)

this entity surface form: Pennines foothills

River Spodden → locatedIn → Pennines ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Pennines

River Spodden → locatedIn → Pennines ⓘ

Saddleworth → locatedIn → Pennines ⓘ

Saddleworth Moor → locatedIn → Pennines ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Pennines

Saddleworth Moor → locatedIn → Pennines ⓘ

Standedge tunnels → locatedIn → Pennines ⓘ

subject surface form: Standedge Tunnels

Chew Reservoir → locatedInRegion → Pennines ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Pennines

Dobcross → locatedNear → Pennines ⓘ

Eden Valley → locatedNear → Pennines ⓘ

Manchester, United Kingdom → locatedNear → Pennines ⓘ

subject surface form: Manchester

Nelson → locatedNear → Pennines ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pennine hills

Rawtenstall → locatedNear → Pennines ⓘ

Shaw and Crompton → locatedNear → Pennines ⓘ

St Barnabas Church, Shore → locatedNear → Pennines ⓘ

Rossendale borough → locatedOn → Pennines ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Pennines

Lancashire Plain → locatedWestOf → Pennines ⓘ

Marsden → near → Pennines ⓘ