Lancashire Plain
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The Lancashire Plain is a low-lying coastal plain in North West England characterized by fertile agricultural land and traversed by several rivers, including the Ribble.
Observed surface forms (4)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| West Lancashire Coastal Plain | 3 |
| Lancashire lowlands | 1 |
| Mersey coastal plain | 1 |
| West Lancashire Plain | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
coastal plain
ⓘ
geographical region ⓘ |
| administrativeRegion |
Lancashire
ⓘ
surface form:
Lancashire County
|
| borderedBy | Irish Sea ⓘ |
| climate |
maritime
ⓘ
mild and wet ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| drainedBy | River Ribble ⓘ |
| ecoregion | improved grassland ⓘ |
| elevation | generally low ⓘ |
| geology |
alluvial sediments
ⓘ
predominantly glacial deposits ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
coastal
ⓘ
fertile agricultural land ⓘ low-lying ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
drainage ditches
ⓘ
hedgerows ⓘ pasture fields ⓘ river floodplains ⓘ |
| hasHydrology | network of small rivers and streams ⓘ |
| hasLandform | flat to gently undulating topography ⓘ |
| hasSoil | fertile soils ⓘ |
| knownFor |
arable farming
ⓘ
dairy farming ⓘ |
| locatedEastOf | Irish Sea ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Lancashire
ⓘ
North West England ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Blackpool
ⓘ
Fylde Coast ⓘ
surface form:
Fylde coast
Preston ⓘ |
| locatedWestOf | Pennines ⓘ |
| partOf |
English lowlands
ⓘ
Lancashire Plain self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Lancashire lowlands
|
| primaryLandUse | agriculture ⓘ |
| regionType | rural ⓘ |
| supportsActivity |
cereal growing
ⓘ
dairy production ⓘ intensive agriculture ⓘ |
| terrainType | plain ⓘ |
| traversedBy |
River Lune
ⓘ
River Ribble ⓘ River Wyre ⓘ |
| usedFor |
crop cultivation
ⓘ
livestock grazing ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Mersey coastal plain
subject surface form:
Parbold Hill
this entity surface form:
West Lancashire Plain
this entity surface form:
Lancashire lowlands