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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Tidewater region of Virginia 8
Tidewater region canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf coastal region
geographical region
borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Chesapeake Bay
contains Colonial Williamsburg
Hampton Roads
surface form: Hampton Roads harbor

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
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, United States
surface form: Hampton, Virginia

Newport News, Virginia
Norfolk, Virginia
Portsmouth, Virginia
Suffolk, Virginia, United States
surface form: Suffolk, Virginia

Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States
surface form: Virginia Beach, Virginia

Williamsburg
surface form: Williamsburg, Virginia

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
James River
Nansemond River
Rappahannock River
York River
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

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

Norfolk, Virginia isPartOf Tidewater region
Virginia's 1st congressional district locatedIn Tidewater region
this entity surface form: Tidewater region of Virginia
Southeastern Virginia contains Tidewater region
this entity surface form: Tidewater region of Virginia
City of Norfolk isPartOf Tidewater region
this entity surface form: Tidewater region of Virginia
Hampton Roads partOf Tidewater region
this entity surface form: Tidewater region of Virginia
Portsmouth, Virginia locatedInRegion Tidewater region
this entity surface form: Tidewater region of Virginia
Tsenacommacah locatedIn Tidewater region
this entity surface form: Tidewater region of Virginia
Norfolk isPartOf Tidewater region
Tidewater Tides representsRegion Tidewater region
this entity surface form: Tidewater region of Virginia
E.D. Va. jurisdictionIncludes Tidewater region
this entity surface form: Tidewater region of Virginia
Portsmouth partOf Tidewater region
subject surface form: Portsmouth, Virginia