Medway Estuary

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Medway Estuary is a tidal estuarine area in Kent, England, where the River Medway meets the Thames Estuary and the North Sea, noted for its mudflats, saltmarshes, and rich birdlife.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Medway Estuary canonical 4
River Medway estuary 4
Medway basin 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf estuary
tidal estuary
connectsTo North Sea
country United Kingdom
drainageBasin River Medway basin
flowsInto Thames Estuary
hasCharacteristic brackish water
intertidal zone
tidal
hasEcologicalImportance important site for migratory birds along the East Atlantic Flyway
important wetland habitat in Kent
hasFeature creeks
intertidal flats
mudflats
saltmarsh vegetation
saltmarshes
hasHabitat grazing marsh
mudflat
reedbed
saltmarsh
subtidal channels
knownFor migratory birds
rich birdlife
wading birds
wintering waterfowl
locatedIn England
Kent
locatedNear Chatham
Gillingham
Isle of Grain
Rochester
Sheerness
mouthOf River Medway
nearbyWaterBody North Sea
Thames Estuary
partOf Medway catchment
surface form: Medway river system

North Kent Marshes
River Medway
Thames Estuary
region South East England
supportsSpecies breeding waterbirds
gulls
terns
waders
wildfowl
usedFor fishing
recreational boating
shipping

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Referenced by (11)

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

River Medway hasEstuary Medway Estuary
Chatham Docks waterway Medway Estuary
this entity surface form: River Medway estuary
Rainham (Kent) hasRiverNearby Medway Estuary
this entity surface form: River Medway estuary
Minster hasNearbyWaterBody Medway Estuary
this entity surface form: River Medway estuary
Queenborough locatedNear Medway Estuary
this entity surface form: The Medway estuary
Grain Terminal locatedIn Medway Estuary
this entity surface form: River Medway estuary
Isle of Grain borderedBy Medway Estuary
The Swale connectedTo Medway Estuary
north coast of Kent adjacentTo Medway Estuary
town of Sheerness locatedOn Medway Estuary
subject surface form: Sheerness
this entity surface form: Mouth of the River Medway
River Len drainageBasin Medway Estuary
this entity surface form: Medway basin