Lough Mahon

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body of water tidal estuarine inlet

Lough Mahon is a tidal estuarine inlet forming part of Cork Harbour on the south coast of Ireland.

Statements (47)
Predicate Object
instanceOf body of water →
tidal estuarine inlet →
coastlineType indented estuarine shoreline →
connectedTo Lower Harbour (Cork Harbour) →
River Lee estuary →
country Ireland →
crossedBy Jack Lynch Tunnel →
drainsTo Celtic Sea →
hasCharacteristic estuarine →
tidal →
hasEcologicalType intertidal mudflats →
saltmarsh habitat →
hasFeature extensive mudflats at low tide →
navigable channels at high tide →
hasIrishName Loch Machain →
hasIssue water quality concerns →
hasShore Blackrock, Cork →
Little Island, County Cork →
Mahon, Cork →
Rochestown, Cork →
hasTidalRange macrotidal regime (Cork Harbour) →
importantFor wading birds →
wintering waterfowl →
locatedEastOf Cork City centre →
locatedIn County Cork →
locatedNear Cork City →
locatedNorthOf Rochestown, County Cork →
locatedOnCoastOf south coast of Ireland →
locatedSouthOf Little Island channel →
locatedWestOf Little Island, County Cork →
monitoredBy Environmental Protection Agency (Ireland) →
nameLanguage Irish →
near Mahon Point Shopping Centre →
overlookedBy South Ring Road (N40) →
partOf Celtic Sea drainage basin →
Cork Harbour →
Cork Harbour Special Protection Area →
River Lee estuary system →
protectedUnder EU Birds Directive →
receives industrial discharges from Cork Harbour area →
urban runoff from Cork City suburbs →
region Munster →
subjectTo tidal flooding risk →
usedFor angling →
boating →
recreation →
waterType brackish water →
Referenced by (1)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Blackrock, County Cork, Ireland →
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