River Fleet

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The River Fleet is one of London's historic subterranean rivers, now largely culverted and flowing unseen beneath the city into the River Thames.

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River Fleet canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf river
subterranean river
confluenceLocation Blackfriars NERFINISHED
country United Kingdom
dischargeLocation near Blackfriars Bridge
etymology name derives from Old English 'fleot' meaning tidal inlet or creek
flowsInto River Thames NERFINISHED
flowsUnder Clerkenwell NERFINISHED
Farringdon NERFINISHED
Farringdon Road NERFINISHED
Farringdon Street NERFINISHED
Holborn NERFINISHED
King's Cross NERFINISHED
Ludgate Hill NERFINISHED
New Bridge Street NERFINISHED
Ray Street NERFINISHED
Saffron Hill NERFINISHED
hasTributary Holborn River NERFINISHED
Smaller streams from Hampstead Heath
historicalName Fleet Ditch NERFINISHED
River of Wells NERFINISHED
historicalPeriodOfCulverting 18th century
19th century
historicalUse drainage
navigation
sewer
influencedToponym Fleet Market NERFINISHED
Fleet Prison NERFINISHED
Fleet Street NERFINISHED
Fleet Valley NERFINISHED
locatedIn City of London
England
London NERFINISHED
London Borough of Camden NERFINISHED
London Borough of Hackney NERFINISHED
London Borough of Haringey NERFINISHED
London Borough of Islington NERFINISHED
mouthOfWatercourse River Thames NERFINISHED
partOf London sewer system
riverSystem River Thames NERFINISHED
sourceLocation Hampstead Heath NERFINISHED
Highgate NERFINISHED
status largely culverted
subterranean
tributaryOf River Thames NERFINISHED
visibleAtSurface Hampstead Heath ponds (headwaters) NERFINISHED

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