Fens

E624962
geographical region rural area wetland

The Fens is a low-lying, historically marshy region of eastern England known for its extensive drainage, rich agricultural land, and distinctive rural landscape.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
The Fens 11
Fens of eastern England 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
rural area ⓘ
wetland ⓘ
borders The Wash NERFINISHED ⓘ
climate temperate maritime ⓘ
contains The Wash NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsTown Boston NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ely NERFINISHED ⓘ
March ⓘ
Spalding NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wisbech NERFINISHED ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
drainageAssociatedWith Cornelius Vermuyden NERFINISHED ⓘ
drainageAssociatedWith Dutch engineers ⓘ
drainageBegan medieval period ⓘ
elevation mostly below sea level ⓘ
floodProtection drainage ditches ⓘ
drainage pumps ⓘ
embankments ⓘ
hasFeature drainage channels ⓘ
drains ⓘ
dykes ⓘ
straight roads on embankments ⓘ
historicalLandCover fenland ⓘ
marshland ⓘ
knownFor distinctive rural landscape ⓘ
extensive drainage systems ⓘ
large arable fields ⓘ
peat soils ⓘ
rich agricultural land ⓘ
straight drainage channels ⓘ
locatedIn East Anglia NERFINISHED ⓘ
England ⓘ
eastern England NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainRiver River Great Ouse NERFINISHED ⓘ
River Nene NERFINISHED ⓘ
River Welland NERFINISHED ⓘ
River Witham NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorCrops cereals ⓘ
sugar beet ⓘ
vegetables ⓘ
majorDrainagePhase 17th century ⓘ
partOf Cambridgeshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lincolnshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Norfolk NERFINISHED ⓘ
Peterborough NERFINISHED ⓘ
Suffolk NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryLandUse arable farming ⓘ
risk flooding ⓘ
soilType alluvial ⓘ
peat ⓘ
terrain low-lying ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

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

Bishop of Ely → associatedWithHistoricRegion → Fens ⓘ
Isle of Ely → surroundedBy → Fens ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Fens
Isle of Ely → partOf → Fens ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Fens
Ely–Peterborough line → crosses → Fens ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Fens
MARCH → locatedInArea → Fens ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Fens
River Little Ouse → region → Fens ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Fens
North East Cambridgeshire → dominantGeography → Fens ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Fens
Boston → near → Fens ⓘ
subject surface form: Boston, Lincolnshire
this entity surface form: The Fens
Norfolk Fens → partOf → Fens ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Fens
M&GN Joint Railway → servedRegion → Fens ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Fens
Middle Level Main Drain → locatedIn → Fens ⓘ
River Nene → near → Fens ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fens of eastern England
Ma Costa in His Dark Materials → homeRegion → Fens ⓘ
subject surface form: Ma Costa
Cambridgeshire Fens → partOf → Fens ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Fens
Doddington, Cambridgeshire → locatedIn → Fens ⓘ
South Holland, Lincolnshire → isPartOf → Fens ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Fens