Groningen clay area
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The Groningen clay area is a fertile coastal region in the Dutch province of Groningen, characterized by heavy marine clay soils, open arable farmland, and historic dike and polder landscapes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Groningen clay area canonical | 2 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
agricultural region
ⓘ
region ⓘ |
| administrativeRegion | municipalities in Groningen province ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Reitdiep area
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wadden Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climate | temperate maritime climate ⓘ |
| contains |
farmsteads
ⓘ
historic churches ⓘ linear dike roads ⓘ polder villages ⓘ |
| country | Netherlands ⓘ |
| elevation | low-lying ⓘ |
| geology | Holocene marine deposits ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
dwelling mounds
ⓘ
historic dike system ⓘ low-lying reclaimed land ⓘ rectilinear field patterns ⓘ sea dikes ⓘ |
| hasCulturalHeritage | historic farm architecture ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
agri-food industry
ⓘ
intensive agriculture ⓘ livestock farming ⓘ |
| hasLandscapeType |
dike landscape
ⓘ
open arable farmland ⓘ polder landscape ⓘ |
| hasLandUse |
large-scale fields
ⓘ
pasture land ⓘ |
| hasSettlementType |
ribbon villages on dikes
ⓘ
terp villages ⓘ |
| hasSoilType |
heavy clay
ⓘ
marine clay ⓘ |
| hasTransport | rural road network ⓘ |
| historicallyShapedBy |
construction of dikes
ⓘ
embankment of salt marshes ⓘ land reclamation ⓘ |
| knownFor |
fertile soils
ⓘ
grain cultivation ⓘ potato cultivation ⓘ sugar beet cultivation ⓘ |
| language | Gronings dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
northern Netherlands
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
province of Groningen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Wadden Sea coastal region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
coastal zone of the Netherlands ⓘ historic Ommelanden of Groningen ⓘ |
| risk | flooding risk without dikes ⓘ |
| usedFor |
arable farming
ⓘ
dairy farming ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.