Emsland

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Emsland is a rural region in western Germany known for its agriculture, peatlands, and location along the River Ems near the Dutch border.

Aliases (1)

Statements (47)
Predicate Object
instanceOf region
rural district
administrativeCenter Meppen
borderingCountry Netherlands
borderingRegion District of Borken
surface form: "Borken (district)"

Cloppenburg
County of Bentheim
East Frisia
Leer (district)
Osnabrück district
surface form: "Osnabrück Land"

Steinfurt (district)
climate oceanic climate
containsTown Ems
surface form: "Haren (Ems)"

Haselünne
Lingen
surface form: "Lingen (Ems)"

Meppen
Papenburg
Rhede (Ems)
country Germany
federalState Lower Saxony
hasCharacteristic predominantly rural
sparsely populated
hasEconomicSector crop farming
energy production
livestock farming
tourism
hasLandscapeFeature moorlands
peat bogs
hasNaturalResource peat
hasProtectedArea nature reserves in peatlands
hasTransportInfrastructure A31 motorway
Ems River shipping route
railway connections to Ruhr area
historicalUse agricultural colonization
peat cutting
knownFor agriculture
peatlands
languageRegion Low German
locatedIn Lower Saxony
northwestern Germany
western Germany
locatedNear Dutch border
namedAfter Ems
surface form: "River Ems"
partOf Emsland
surface form: "Emsland district"

North German Plain
riverBasin Ems
surface form: "Ems basin"
traversedBy Ems
surface form: "River Ems"

Referenced by (5)

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

Lower Saxony hasRegion Emsland
Emsland partOf Emsland
this entity surface form: "Emsland district"
Ems region Emsland
Hase region Emsland
this entity surface form: "Emsland district"

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