Humber Estuary

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estuary tidal estuary

The Humber Estuary is a large tidal estuary on the east coast of northern England that forms a major shipping route and ecological habitat where several rivers, including the Trent and Ouse, meet the North Sea.

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Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	estuary → tidal estuary →
adjacentCity	Kingston upon Hull →
adjacentCounty	East Riding of Yorkshire → North East Lincolnshire → North Lincolnshire →
adjacentTown	Goole → Grimsby → Immingham →
basinCountry	United Kingdom NERFINISHED →
bridgeOpeningYear	1981 →
country	United Kingdom →
crossedBy	Humber Bridge →
designatedAs	Ramsar site → Special Area of Conservation → Special Protection Area →
drainageBasin	Humber drainage basin →
ecologicalStatus	important ecological habitat →
emptiesInto	North Sea →
formedByConfluenceOf	River Ouse → River Trent →
habitatType	intertidal mudflats → saltmarsh → sand dunes →
hasPart	Grimsby docks → Hull docks → Humber Bridge → Immingham Dock → Spurn Point →
length	approximately 38 miles → approximately 60 kilometres →
locatedIn	England → Northern England →
locatedOn	east coast of England →
majorPortRegion	Port of Goole → Port of Grimsby → Port of Hull → Port of Immingham →
maximumWidth	about 14 kilometres → about 8.7 miles →
mouthOfWatercourse	River Ouse → River Trent →
notableFor	industrial development along its shores → large tidal range →
receivesRiver	River Ancholme → River Hull →
region	Lincolnshire → Yorkshire and the Humber →
waterwayFunction	major shipping route → navigation channel →

Referenced by (24)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
River Trent → River Trent →	mouth
Goole docks →	connectedToWaterway
Yorkshire →	contains
Humber Bridge →	crosses
Humber Bridge ("Humber") →	crossesBodyOfWater
River Trent →	dischargesInto
Trent Valley →	drainsTo
River Trent →	flowsInto
Trent Falls →	forms
Goole docks ("North Sea via Humber Estuary") →	hasAccessTo
Goole →	hasWaterwayConnection
Kingston upon Hull →	isEstuaryPortOn
Kingston upon Hull →	locatedNear
RNAS Killingholme →	locatedOn
Goole docks →	locatedWestOf
RNAS Killingholme →	location
North Sea drainage basin ("Humber") →	majorRiver
Killingholme →	near
Trent Falls ("Humber Estuary system") →	partOf
River Trent ("Humber") →	riverSystem
Trent and Mersey Canal ("Derwent Mouth") →	terminus
Trent Falls ("North Sea via Humber Estuary") →	tributaryTo
Trent Falls →	waterBody