Tidewater region
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The Tidewater region is a low-lying coastal area of southeastern Virginia known for its estuaries, naval installations, and historic port cities.
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
coastal region
→
geographical region → |
| borderedBy |
Atlantic Ocean
→
Chesapeake Bay → |
| contains |
Colonial Williamsburg
→
Hampton Roads harbor NERFINISHED → Jamestown →
surface form: "Jamestown, Virginia"
Fort Eustis, Virginia →
surface form: "Joint Base Langley–Eustis"
Little Creek amphibious base → Naval Air Station Oceana → Naval Station Norfolk → Naval Station Norfolk →
surface form: "Norfolk Naval Station"
Port of Virginia NERFINISHED → Yorktown Battlefield → |
| country |
United States of America
→
surface form: "United States"
|
| hasCharacteristic |
low elevation
→
maritime climate influence → salt marshes → tidal rivers → wetlands → |
| hasCity |
Chesapeake, Virginia
→
Hampton, Virginia NERFINISHED → Newport News, Virginia NERFINISHED → Norfolk, Virginia NERFINISHED → Portsmouth, Virginia NERFINISHED → Suffolk, Virginia, United States →
surface form: "Suffolk, Virginia"
Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States →
surface form: "Virginia Beach, Virginia"
Williamsburg, Virginia NERFINISHED → Yorktown →
surface form: "Yorktown, Virginia"
|
| hasEconomicActivity |
commercial fishing
→
military and defense → shipbuilding → shipping → tourism → |
| hasEstuary |
Elizabeth River
→
surface form: "Elizabeth River estuary"
James River estuary → Rappahannock River estuary → York River →
surface form: "York River estuary"
|
| hasWaterBody |
Elizabeth River
NERFINISHED
→
James River NERFINISHED → Nansemond River NERFINISHED → Rappahannock River NERFINISHED → York River NERFINISHED → |
| knownFor |
estuaries
→
historic port cities → low-lying coastal terrain → naval installations → |
| locatedIn |
Virginia
→
Southeastern Virginia →
surface form: "southeastern Virginia"
|
| partOf |
Atlantic coastal plain
→
surface form: "Coastal Plain of Virginia"
|
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.