Forth estuary

E83003

coastal inlet estuary

The Forth estuary is the tidal mouth of Scotland’s River Forth, forming a broad inlet on the country’s east coast that has long been important for shipping, industry, and iconic bridges such as the Forth Bridge.

Aliases (1)

River Forth estuary ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	coastal inlet → estuary →
alsoKnownAs	Firth of Forth →
borderedBy	Fife → Lothian → Stirling council area →
country	Scotland →
crossedAt	Kincardine NERFINISHED → Queensferry →
flowsInto	North Sea →
hasBridge	Clackmannanshire Bridge NERFINISHED → Forth Bridge → Forth Road Bridge NERFINISHED → Kincardine Bridge → Queensferry Crossing →
hasHistoricalUse	naval base → trade route →
hasIndustrialArea	Grangemouth → surface form: "Grangemouth petrochemical complex" Rosyth → surface form: "Rosyth dockyard"
hasIsland	Inchcolm → Inchgarvie → Inchkeith → Inchmickery → Isle of May →
hasLighthouse	Inchkeith Lighthouse → Isle of May Lighthouse →
hasMajorCityOnShore	Dunfermline → Edinburgh →
hasMajorTownOnShore	Grangemouth → Kirkcaldy NERFINISHED → Leith →
hasPort	Grangemouth → surface form: "Grangemouth port" Port of Leith → Rosyth → surface form: "Rosyth port"
hasSubregion	Inner Forth → Outer Forth →
hasWildlifeDesignation	Site of Special Scientific Interest → Special Protection Area →
knownFor	iconic railway bridge → iconic road bridges →
locatedIn	east coast of Scotland →
mouthOf	River Forth →
near	Edinburgh Airport →
partOf	North Sea →
region	central Scotland → surface form: "Central Belt of Scotland"
usedFor	fishing → industry → recreation → shipping →

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Queensferry Crossing → crossingOf → Forth estuary →

Ochil Hills → hasViewOf → Forth estuary →

this entity surface form: "River Forth estuary"

Forth Bridge → locatedOn → Forth estuary →

Inchgarvie → partOf → Forth estuary →