River Stour

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river

The River Stour is a major river in southeast England that flows through the county of Kent, passing historic towns such as Canterbury before reaching the English Channel.

Aliases (5)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	river →
basinCountry	United Kingdom →
country	United Kingdom →
drains	east Kent →
emptiesInto	North Sea basin via English Channel →
flowsThrough	Ashford → Canterbury → Chilham → Fordwich → Plucks Gutter → Sandwich → Wye →
hasEcosystemType	chalk stream →
hasEstuary	Stour estuary at Pegwell Bay →
hasMajorTownOnCourse	Ashford → Canterbury →
hasNameInLanguage	Stour →
hasSettlementOnBank	Ashford → Canterbury → Fordwich → Sandwich →
hasWildlife	kingfisher → otter → salmon → trout →
historicallyUsedFor	milling → navigation → trade →
locatedIn	England → Kent → South East England →
locatedOn	Isle of Thanet area (historic coastline) →
mouth	English Channel →
mouthLocation	Pegwell Bay →
near	North Downs → Romney Marsh →
partOf	Stour catchment →
passesThrough	Canterbury Cathedral city →
region	Kent Downs →
tributary	East Stour → Great Stour → Little Stour → River Wantsum (former channel) →
usedFor	angling → boating → recreation →
watercourseType	non-tidal river (in upper reaches) → tidal river (in lower reaches) →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Kent → historic county of Kent ("River Stour (Kent)") →	contains
Barbican and Toll Bridge, Sandwich ("River Stour at Sandwich") → Sandwich, Kent, England →	locatedOn
Canterbury → Canterbury, Kent, England →	locatedOnRiver
River Stour (Kent) ("Stour") →	hasNameInLanguage
Ashford ("Great Stour") →	hasRiver
Richborough Roman Fort →	locatedNear
St Peter’s Church, Sandwich ("River Stour, Kent") →	proximityTo
River Stour (Kent) ("Great Stour") →	tributary