Gulf of Lion

E28363

embayment geographical feature gulf

The Gulf of Lion is a large, shallow embayment of the Mediterranean Sea off the southern coast of France, known for its significant river inflows, active fishing grounds, and sometimes severe maritime weather.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Gulf of Lion canonical	13
Golfe du Lion	1
Gulf of Lion (in clear weather)	1
Gulf of Lion lagoon system	1
Κόλπος της Λεοντίνας (Golfe du Lion)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	embayment ⓘ geographical feature ⓘ gulf ⓘ
adjacentTo	Balearic Sea ⓘ Ligurian Sea ⓘ
borders	France ⓘ Camargue ⓘ surface form: Languedoc coast French Riviera ⓘ surface form: Provence coast Collioure ⓘ surface form: Roussillon coast
characterizedBy	high riverine sediment input ⓘ shallow waters ⓘ wide continental shelf ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
FrenchName	Gulf of Lion self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Golfe du Lion
hasCoastalCity	Marseille ⓘ Montpellier ⓘ Perpignan ⓘ Sète ⓘ
hasCoastalPort	Vieux-Port de Marseille ⓘ surface form: Port of Marseille Sète ⓘ surface form: Port of Sète Port-la-Nouvelle ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity	fishing ⓘ shipping ⓘ tourism ⓘ
hasMajorRiverInflow	Rhône River ⓘ
hasPrevailingWind	Mistral ⓘ Mistral ⓘ surface form: Tramontane
hasRiverInflow	Agly River ⓘ Aude River ⓘ Hérault River ⓘ Lez River ⓘ Orb River ⓘ Tech River ⓘ Têt River ⓘ Vidourle River ⓘ
knownFor	active fishing grounds ⓘ sometimes severe maritime weather ⓘ strong winds ⓘ
languageOfName	French ⓘ
locatedIn	Mediterranean Sea ⓘ Occitanie ⓘ surface form: Occitanie region Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur ⓘ surface form: Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region Southern France ⓘ surface form: southern France
maximumDepth	about 200 meters ⓘ
oceanographicFeature	Gulf of Lion current ⓘ dense water formation area ⓘ
partOf	Southern France ⓘ surface form: French Mediterranean coast Western Mediterranean ⓘ surface form: western Mediterranean Sea

Referenced by (17)

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

Rhône River → dischargeLocation → Gulf of Lion ⓘ

Marseille → locatedOn → Gulf of Lion ⓘ

Gulf of Lion → FrenchName → Gulf of Lion self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Golfe du Lion

Château d’If → locatedInBodyOfWater → Gulf of Lion ⓘ

Massilia → locatedOn → Gulf of Lion ⓘ

Port-la-Nouvelle → locatedIn → Gulf of Lion ⓘ

Canigou → isVisibleFrom → Gulf of Lion ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gulf of Lion (in clear weather)

Mistral → affectsRegion → Gulf of Lion ⓘ

Leucate → locatedOn → Gulf of Lion ⓘ

Lez River → nearbySea → Gulf of Lion ⓘ

Têt River → mouthLocation → Gulf of Lion ⓘ

Étang de Thau → partOf → Gulf of Lion ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gulf of Lion lagoon system

Étang de Thau → locatedOnCoastOf → Gulf of Lion ⓘ

Μασσαλία → locatedOn → Gulf of Lion ⓘ

subject surface form: Marseille

this entity surface form: Κόλπος της Λεοντίνας (Golfe du Lion)

Bay of Marseille → adjacentTo → Gulf of Lion ⓘ

Port Vendres, France → locatedOnBodyOfWater → Gulf of Lion ⓘ

subject surface form: Port-Vendres

Tiboulen du Frioul → locatedInBodyOfWater → Gulf of Lion ⓘ