Denver Sluice

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Denver Sluice is a historic water control structure and sluice complex on the River Great Ouse in Norfolk, England, crucial for regional flood management and navigation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf flood defence structure
navigation structure
sluice
water control structure
connectsTo New Bedford River
Old Bedford River
Washington Channel
surface form: Relief Channel

River Great Ouse tidal section
River Little Ouse
River Wissey
Ten Mile River
controlsWaterFor Fens
Ouse Washes
country United Kingdom
hasComponent embankments
navigation lock
sluice gates
weirs
hasFunction drainage management
flood management
navigation control
water level regulation
heritageStatus important historic engineering site in Norfolk
isHistoric true
locatedIn Norfolk
locatedInRegion East of England
locatedNear Denver
Downham Market
locatedOnRiver River Great Ouse
managingOrganization Environment Agency (England)
surface form: Environment Agency
material concrete
steel
nearBodyOfWater The Wash
partOf Fenland drainage system
Great Ouse flood defence system
purpose to maintain navigable depths upstream
to protect low-lying Fenland from inundation
to separate tidal and non-tidal waters of the Great Ouse
riverSystem River Great Ouse
surface form: Great Ouse river system
significance key node in Fenland drainage and navigation
usedFor management of tidal surges
navigation between tidal and non-tidal Great Ouse
protection of agricultural land from flooding
regulation of freshwater discharge to the Wash
watercourseRole controls junction of several rivers and channels

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Denver hasLandmark Denver Sluice
subject surface form: Denver, Norfolk