River Douglas (via Manchester Ship Canal system context)

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river watercourse

River Douglas is a river in North West England that flows through Lancashire and Wigan before joining the Ribble estuary, historically important for navigation and local industry.

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Label Occurrences
River Douglas (via Manchester Ship Canal system context) canonical 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
watercourse ⓘ
alsoKnownAs River Yarrow ⓘ
surface form: River Asland

River Astland ⓘ
basinCountry England ⓘ
connectedTo Leeds and Liverpool Canal ⓘ
Rufford Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal ⓘ
country England ⓘ
crossedBy A59 road (near Tarleton) ⓘ
M6 motorway (near Wigan) ⓘ
Manchester–Southport railway (near Wigan) ⓘ
drainageBasin Ribble estuary ⓘ
ecologicalRole habitat for freshwater fish ⓘ
habitat for wetland birds ⓘ
flowsInto Irish Sea via Ribble estuary ⓘ
flowsNear Chorley ⓘ
Parbold ⓘ
Standish ⓘ
Tarleton ⓘ
flowsThrough Lancashire ⓘ
Wigan ⓘ
surface form: Metropolitan Borough of Wigan

Wigan ⓘ
historicallyCanalisedAs Douglas Navigation ⓘ
historicalSignificance supported development of Wigan coalfield ⓘ
supported textile and milling industries along its course ⓘ
historicalUse local industry ⓘ
navigation ⓘ
locatedIn Lancashire ⓘ
North West England ⓘ
managedBy Environment Agency (England) ⓘ
mouthLocation Ribble estuary ⓘ
navigableInSection lower reaches near the Ribble estuary ⓘ
partOf Ribble and Alt catchment (Environment Agency classification) ⓘ
Ribble catchment ⓘ
region North West England ⓘ
sourceLocation Rivington area ⓘ
tributary River Chor ⓘ
River Lostock ⓘ
surface form: River Eller Brook

River Lostock ⓘ
River Syd Brook ⓘ
River Tawd ⓘ
River Yarrow ⓘ
tributaryOf River Ribble ⓘ
usedFor transport of coal ⓘ
transport of industrial goods ⓘ
waterManagementRole flood risk management in Wigan area ⓘ
land drainage in West Lancashire ⓘ

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River Irwell → hasTributary → River Douglas (via Manchester Ship Canal system context) ⓘ