river Pekel A

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River Pekel A is a small watercourse in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands, historically significant for shaping the settlement and development of the surrounding Pekela area.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Pekel Aa 1
river Pekel A canonical 1

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Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river
watercourse
associatedWith Pekela
peat extraction in Groningen (historically)
country Netherlands
environmentType lowland river
man‑modified watercourse
flowsThrough Nieuwe Pekela
Oude Pekela
hasCulturalSignificance identity of Pekela settlements
hasEconomicSignificance historical transport of goods from peat areas
hasFunction agricultural water management
local drainage
hasHistoricalSignificance development of Pekela area
shaping of settlement patterns in Pekela
hasName Pekel A
hasNameVariant river Pekel A self-linksurface differs
surface form: Pekel Aa
influenced linear settlement along its banks
isInContinent Europe
locatedIn Pekela
municipality of Pekela
northeastern Netherlands
Province of Groningen
surface form: province of Groningen

Oldambt region
surface form: region of Oldambt (broad historical region)
nameLanguage Dutch
partOf drainage basin in Groningen
region Pekela valley
usedFor drainage of surrounding peatlands (historically)
transport in the Pekela area (historically)
waterBodyType canalized watercourse (partly)
small river

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Referenced by (2)

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

Pekela namedAfter river Pekel A
river Pekel A hasNameVariant river Pekel A self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Pekel A
this entity surface form: Pekel Aa