River Lea

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The River Lea is a major tributary of the River Thames in southeast England, flowing through Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, and Greater London and historically supporting navigation, industry, and water supply for the region.

Aliases (1)

Statements (80)
Predicate Object
instanceOf river
tributary
alternativeName River Lee
associatedProtectedArea Lee Valley Regional Park
basinArea approximately 1190 square kilometres
basinCountry United Kingdom
country United Kingdom
crossedBy A13 road NERFINISHED
North Circular Road
surface form: "A406 North Circular Road"

Great Eastern Main Line
London Overground
M25 motorway
ecoregion London Basin
surface form: "Thames Basin lowlands"
etymology name derived from a pre-English (possibly Celtic) river-name
flowsThrough Bedfordshire NERFINISHED
Essex NERFINISHED
Greater London
Hertfordshire NERFINISHED
flowsThroughSettlement Bow
Broxbourne NERFINISHED
Edmonton
Enfield
London Borough of Hackney
surface form: "Hackney"

Harpenden
Hatfield
Hertford
Luton
Stratford
Tottenham
Waltham Abbey
Ware
formsBoundaryBetween Essex NERFINISHED
Hertfordshire NERFINISHED
Middlesex, England
surface form: "Middlesex"
hasCanal Lee Navigation
River Lee
surface form: "River Lee Navigation"
hasRecreationRoute Lea Valley Walk
National Cycle Route 1 along sections
hasStructure Bow Locks
Feildes Weir
Hackney Cut
Hertford Lock
Limehouse Cut
River Lea
surface form: "Old River Lea"

Tottenham Lock
hasTributary Ching Brook
Dagenham Brook
surface form: "Cuffley Brook"

Dagenham Brook
Pymmes Brook
River Stort
Salmon Brook
Salmon Brook
surface form: "Turkey Brook"
historicalCounty Essex NERFINISHED
Middlesex, England
surface form: "Middlesex"
historicallyUsedFor brewing
engineering industries
gunpowder manufacture
milling
length approximately 42 miles
approximately 68 kilometres
locatedIn East of England
England
South East England
managedBy Environment Agency (England)
surface form: "Environment Agency"
mouthLocation Bow Creek NERFINISHED
Leamouth
mouthOf Thames
surface form: "River Thames"
navigationAuthority Canal & River Trust
surface form: "Canal and River Trust"
near Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
partOf Thames River watershed
surface form: "Thames River Basin"
passesThrough Lee Valley
sourceLocation Leagrave
Luton
tributaryOf Thames
surface form: "River Thames"
usedFor industry
navigation
recreation
water supply
waterSupplyTo Lee Valley reservoirs
London, England
surface form: "London"

Referenced by (13)

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

River Lee alternativeName River Lea
London Basin drainedBy River Lea
Hertfordshire hasRiver River Lea
Luton hasRiver River Lea
River Lea hasStructure River Lea
this entity surface form: "Old River Lea"
Hertford liesOnRiver River Lea
Tottenham locatedOn River Lea

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