Somme River

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geographical feature river

The Somme River is a waterway in northern France that became historically significant as the site of one of World War I’s largest and bloodiest battles.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Somme	4

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical feature ⓘ river ⓘ
associatedWithCountry	Australia ⓘ Canada ⓘ France ⓘ Germany ⓘ India ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ island of Newfoundland ⓘ surface form: Newfoundland South Africa ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
basinCountry	France ⓘ
battleEndDate	18 November 1916 ⓘ
battleOccurredOnBanks	Battle of the Somme ⓘ
battleStartDate	1 July 1916 ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
emptiesInto	English Channel ⓘ
flowsThrough	Aisne (department) ⓘ surface form: Aisne department Oise department ⓘ Somme (department) ⓘ surface form: Somme department
flowsThroughCity	Amiens NERFINISHED ⓘ Péronne ⓘ Saint-Quentin NERFINISHED ⓘ
frontLineRegion	Western Front ⓘ
hasEtymology	name derived from a Celtic word meaning "tranquil" or "calm" ⓘ
hasFeature	Somme Bay ⓘ
hasTributary	Ancre River NERFINISHED ⓘ Avre River ⓘ Celle River NERFINISHED ⓘ Hallue River NERFINISHED ⓘ Omignon River NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasWetlandArea	Somme Bay ⓘ
historicalPeriod	World War I ⓘ
length	about 152 miles ⓘ about 245 km ⓘ
locatedIn	northern France NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Hauts-de-France NERFINISHED ⓘ Picardy ⓘ
locatedNear	Albert, France ⓘ Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial ⓘ surface form: Beaumont-Hamel Thiepval, Somme, France ⓘ surface form: Thiepval
mouthLocatedIn	English Channel ⓘ
mouthLocation	near Le Crotoy ⓘ near Saint-Valery-sur-Somme ⓘ
notableEventLocation	Battle of the Somme ⓘ
notableFor	Battle of the Somme ⓘ
sourceLocatedIn	Aisne (department) ⓘ surface form: Aisne department
sourceLocation	Fonsomme ⓘ
usedFor	irrigation ⓘ navigation in some stretches ⓘ recreation ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

6th Regiment of Foot → battleHonour → Somme River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Somme

Royal Scots Dragoon Guards → battleHonour → Somme River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Somme

Blues and Royals → battleHonoursInclude → Somme River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Somme

Somme, France → containsRiver → Somme River ⓘ

subject surface form: Somme

Paris Basin → drainedBy → Somme River ⓘ

Amiens, France → locatedOnRiver → Somme River ⓘ

subject surface form: Amiens

Somme, France → namedAfter → Somme River ⓘ

subject surface form: Somme

Oswald Boelcke → placeOfDeath → Somme River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Somme

Battle of the Somme → river → Somme River ⓘ