Trent Falls

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Trent Falls is the tidal confluence where the River Trent meets the River Ouse to form the Humber Estuary in eastern England.


Statements (46)
Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature
tidal confluence
coordinatesApprox 53.70°N 0.70°W
country England
elevation sea level
forms Humber Estuary
hasFeature shifting sandbanks
strong tidal currents
tidal bore risk
hasHydrologicalRole mixing zone of freshwater and tidal waters
transition from river to estuary
hasNavigationConstraint requires careful pilotage
hasSedimentProcess estuarine deposition
high sediment transport
hasTidalRegime macrotidal
knownFor complex tidal flows
meeting point of two major English rivers
locatedAtConfluenceOf River Ouse
River Trent
locatedIn Humberhead Levels
Yorkshire and the Humber
eastern England
locatedInDrainageBasin Humber basin
River Ouse basin
River Trent basin
locatedNear Apex of the Humber Estuary
Blacktoft
Blacktoft Sands
Brough
Faxfleet
mouthOf River Trent
navigationalStatus hazardous for shipping
nearbySettlement Blacktoft
Brough
Faxfleet
Whitton
partOf Humber Estuary system
region East Riding of Yorkshire
North Lincolnshire
riverSystem Humber river system
tributaryTo North Sea via Humber Estuary
usedFor commercial navigation
inland waterway transport
waterBody Humber Estuary
watercourse River Ouse
River Trent

Referenced by (1)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
River Trent
flowsThrough

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