River Taff

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geographical feature river

The River Taff is a major river in South Wales that flows through Merthyr Tydfil and Cardiff before reaching the Bristol Channel.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Taff Valley 2
Afon Taf 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature ⓘ
river ⓘ
associatedWithStructure Cardiff Castle ⓘ
Principality Stadium ⓘ
country Wales ⓘ
emptiesNear Penarth ⓘ
etymology derived from Welsh "Taf" meaning "stream" or "spread" ⓘ
flowsInto Bristol Channel ⓘ
flowsThrough Cardiff ⓘ
Cardiff Bay waterfront ⓘ
surface form: Cardiff Bay

Llandaff ⓘ
Merthyr Tydfil ⓘ
Pontypridd ⓘ
Quakers Yard ⓘ
Radyr ⓘ
Taffs Well ⓘ
formedByConfluenceOf Taf Fawr ⓘ
Taf Fechan ⓘ
hasBridge Cardiff Bridge ⓘ
Llandaff Bridge ⓘ
Pontypridd Old Bridge ⓘ
hasFloodDefenceScheme Cardiff flood defences ⓘ
hasFloodRisk Cardiff ⓘ
Pontypridd ⓘ
hasTributary Nant Caiach ⓘ
River Ely ⓘ
River Rhondda ⓘ
hasWildlife kingfisher ⓘ
otter ⓘ
salmon ⓘ
trout ⓘ
historicallyPollutedBy coal industry ⓘ
languageOfName Welsh ⓘ
locatedIn Cardiff ⓘ
surface form: Cardiff (city)

Merthyr Tydfil ⓘ
surface form: County Borough of Merthyr Tydfil

Rhondda Cynon Taf ⓘ
South Wales ⓘ
mouth Bristol Channel ⓘ
nameInWelsh River Taff self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Afon Taf
near Cardiff Central railway station ⓘ
partOf Taff-Ely catchment ⓘ
region Breconshire ⓘ
Glamorgan ⓘ
sourceRegion Brecon Beacons in Wales ⓘ
surface form: Brecon Beacons

Brecon Beacons in Wales ⓘ
surface form: Brecon Beacons National Park
usedFor angling ⓘ
canoeing ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
rowing ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

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

River Ely → confluenceWith → River Taff ⓘ
Rhondda Cynon Taf → contains → River Taff ⓘ
this entity surface form: Taff Valley
A470 road → crosses → River Taff ⓘ
River Ely → flowsInto → River Taff ⓘ
Taff Trail → follows → River Taff ⓘ
Cardiff → hasRiver → River Taff ⓘ
South East Wales → hasRiver → River Taff ⓘ
South Wales → hasRiver → River Taff ⓘ
Cardiff Arms Park → locatedNextTo → River Taff ⓘ
Cardiff Castle → locatedNextTo → River Taff ⓘ
Cyfarthfa Ironworks → locatedOn → River Taff ⓘ
Principality Stadium → locatedOn → River Taff ⓘ
River Ely → mouthOfWaterBody → River Taff ⓘ
River Taff → nameInWelsh → River Taff self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afon Taf
Rhondda Cynon Taf → namedAfter → River Taff ⓘ
Taff Trail → namedAfter → River Taff ⓘ
Cardiff Central → nearbyLandmark → River Taff ⓘ
Pontypridd → region → River Taff ⓘ
this entity surface form: Taff Valley
Pontypridd → river → River Taff ⓘ
subject surface form: Brecon Beacons
Merthyr Tydfil → traversedBy → River Taff ⓘ