Dee Estuary

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estuary tidal estuary

The Dee Estuary is a large tidal estuary on the border of northwest England and northeast Wales, known for its extensive mudflats, saltmarshes, and internationally important bird habitats.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Dee Estuary SSSI 1
Lune Estuary 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf estuary ⓘ
tidal estuary ⓘ
borderBetween England ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
coordinateSystem WGS84 ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
flowsInto Irish Sea ⓘ
hasConservationImportance international ⓘ
national ⓘ
regional ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity industry ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
shipping ⓘ
hasFeature mudflats ⓘ
saltmarshes ⓘ
sandbanks ⓘ
tidal channels ⓘ
hasHabitatType intertidal mudflat ⓘ
saltmarsh ⓘ
sand dune ⓘ
hasUse birdwatching ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
nature conservation ⓘ
importantForSpecies dunlin ⓘ
knot ⓘ
oystercatcher ⓘ
redshank ⓘ
shelduck ⓘ
teal ⓘ
wigeon ⓘ
knownFor internationally important bird habitats ⓘ
overwintering waders ⓘ
overwintering wildfowl ⓘ
locatedIn northeast Wales ⓘ
northwest England ⓘ
mouthOf River Dee ⓘ
near Clwyd ⓘ
surface form: Deeside

Liverpool Bay ⓘ
Wirral ⓘ
surface form: Wirral Peninsula
partlyWithin Cheshire West and Chester ⓘ
Flintshire ⓘ
partOf Irish Sea ⓘ
surface form: Irish Sea basin
protectedAs Ramsar Wetland of International Importance ⓘ
surface form: Ramsar site

Site of Special Scientific Interest ⓘ
Special Protection Area ⓘ
subjectTo tidal range ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Liverpool Bay → adjacentTo → Dee Estuary ⓘ
England–Wales border → crosses → Dee Estuary ⓘ
River Dee (part) → emptiesInto → Dee Estuary ⓘ
River Lune → estuaryName → Dee Estuary ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lune Estuary
Wirral → hasProtectedArea → Dee Estuary ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dee Estuary SSSI
River Dee (part) → mouthOf → Dee Estuary ⓘ
England–Wales border → startPoint → Dee Estuary ⓘ