Kent Estuary

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The Kent Estuary is a tidal estuarine inlet in northwest England where the River Kent meets Morecambe Bay, characterized by extensive sandflats and saltmarshes.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Kent Estuary canonical 6
Kent Estuary shoreline 1
Morecambe Bay and the Kent Estuary 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf estuary
tidal inlet
administrativeArea Cumbria
coast Irish Sea coast of England
country United Kingdom
drainageBasin River Kent catchment
ecosystemType coastal saltmarsh
intertidal sandflat
environmentalImportance habitat for wading birds
habitat for wildfowl
flowsInto Irish Sea
geologicalType drowned river valley estuary
hasCharacteristic estuarine inlet
extensive sandflats
saltmarshes
tidal
hasFeature intertidal channels
mudflats
railway viaduct at Arnside
saltmarsh vegetation
hasRisk quicksands
tidal flooding
hasTidalRange large
historicalCounty Westmorland, England
surface form: Westmorland
inletOf Morecambe Bay
knownFor dangerous tidal currents
quickly shifting sands
scenic landscapes
locatedIn Cumbria
Morecambe Bay
North West England
locatedNear Arnside
Arnside and Silverdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
surface form: Arnside and Silverdale AONB

Grange-over-Sands
locatedOn eastern side of Morecambe Bay
mouthOf River Kent
nearbySettlement Arnside
Grange-over-Sands
Milnthorpe
partOf Irish Sea coast
surface form: Irish Sea coastal system

Morecambe Bay coastline
surface form: Morecambe Bay SSSI network
usedFor birdwatching
recreation
walking
watercourse River Kent

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

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

River Kent flowsInto Kent Estuary
River Keer hasEstuary Kent Estuary
this entity surface form: Morecambe Bay estuary
Arnside railway station adjacentTo Kent Estuary
Arnside Promenade overlooks Kent Estuary
Arnside Promenade adjacentTo Kent Estuary
this entity surface form: Kent Estuary shoreline
Arnside Pier locatedOn Kent Estuary
Arnside Pier hasViewOf Kent Estuary
Grange Lido hasView Kent Estuary
this entity surface form: Morecambe Bay and the Kent Estuary
Arnside Viaduct crosses Kent Estuary