River Mersey

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river

The River Mersey is a major river in North West England that flows through cities including Manchester and Liverpool before emptying into the Irish Sea.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
River Mersey canonical	206
Mersey Valley	4
Mersey Basin	2
River Mersey basin	2
Mersey	1
Mersey basin (regional river system)	1
Mersey river system	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	river ⓘ
associatedWith	Merseybeat ⓘ surface form: Merseybeat music scene
associatedWithCityRegion	Merseyside ⓘ surface form: Liverpool City Region
basinCountry	England ⓘ
basinSize	approximately 4,680 km² ⓘ
borderBetween	Merseyside ⓘ surface form: Merseyside and Cheshire Merseyside ⓘ surface form: Merseyside and Wirral Peninsula
connectedTo	Bridgewater Canal ⓘ Manchester Ship Canal ⓘ
country	England ⓘ
crossedBy	Mersey Tunnels ⓘ surface form: Kingsway Tunnel Mersey Gateway Bridge ⓘ Mersey Tunnels ⓘ Queensway Tunnel ⓘ Runcorn Railway Bridge ⓘ Silver Jubilee Bridge ⓘ
dischargesInto	Liverpool Bay ⓘ
estuary	Mersey Estuary ⓘ
estuaryLocation	between Liverpool and the Wirral Peninsula ⓘ
flowsDirection	generally westward ⓘ
flowsThrough	Liverpool ⓘ Manchester ⓘ Runcorn ⓘ Stockport ⓘ Warrington ⓘ Widnes ⓘ
formedByConfluenceOf	River Goyt ⓘ River Tame ⓘ
hasFerryService	Mersey Ferry ⓘ
historicallyImportantFor	Atlantic trade ⓘ industrial revolution in North West England ⓘ transatlantic slave trade ⓘ
knownFor	large tidal range ⓘ wide estuary ⓘ
length	approximately 112 km ⓘ approximately 70 miles ⓘ
locatedIn	North West England ⓘ
majorPortOn	Port of Liverpool ⓘ
mouth	Irish Sea ⓘ
nameEtymology	possibly from Old English or Brittonic meaning "boundary river" ⓘ
passesThroughCounty	Cheshire ⓘ Greater Manchester ⓘ Merseyside ⓘ
region	North West England ⓘ
sourceLocation	Stockport ⓘ
tributary	River Alt ⓘ River Bollin ⓘ River Irwell ⓘ River Sankey ⓘ River Weaver ⓘ

Referenced by (217)

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

North West England → hasRiver → River Mersey ⓘ

River Irwell → mouthLocation → River Mersey ⓘ

River Irwell → confluenceWith → River Mersey ⓘ

River Irwell → tributaryOf → River Mersey ⓘ

Manchester Ship Canal → connectsTo → River Mersey ⓘ

Manchester Ship Canal → crosses → River Mersey ⓘ

Greater Manchester → hasRiver → River Mersey ⓘ

Eastham Lock → locatedNear → River Mersey ⓘ

Eastham Lock → connectsBodyOfWater → River Mersey ⓘ

Liverpool John Lennon Airport → locatedNear → River Mersey ⓘ

Irish Sea → hasInflow → River Mersey ⓘ

Latchford Lock → enablesNavigationBetween → River Mersey ⓘ

Latchford Lock → nearbyWaterBody → River Mersey ⓘ

Stockport → locatedOnRiver → River Mersey ⓘ

Merseyside → namedAfter → River Mersey ⓘ

Merseyside → hasBodyOfWater → River Mersey ⓘ

Runcorn → river → River Mersey ⓘ

Widnes → locatedOnRiver → River Mersey ⓘ

Cheshire Plain → drainageBasin → River Mersey ⓘ

Warrington → locatedOn → River Mersey ⓘ

Liverpool → locatedOnRiver → River Mersey ⓘ

Pennine waterways → hasPart → River Mersey ⓘ

Cheshire → traversedBy → River Mersey ⓘ

Eastham Village → locatedNear → River Mersey ⓘ

Eastham Country Park → overlooks → River Mersey ⓘ

LPL → near → River Mersey ⓘ

Speke Airport → locatedNear → River Mersey ⓘ

Thelwall Viaduct → crosses → River Mersey ⓘ

Thelwall Viaduct → spans → River Mersey ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mersey Valley

Runcorn Railway Bridge → crosses → River Mersey ⓘ

Runcorn Railway Bridge → regionServed → River Mersey ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mersey Valley

Eastham → locatedNear → River Mersey ⓘ

Trent and Mersey Canal → connectsWith → River Mersey ⓘ

Sale Water Park → adjacentTo → River Mersey ⓘ

Sale Water Park → partOf → River Mersey ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mersey Valley

Baguley → near → River Mersey ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mersey Valley

Port of Liverpool → locatedOn → River Mersey ⓘ

Liverpool Bay → receivesRiver → River Mersey ⓘ

Liverpool2 container terminal → locatedIn → River Mersey ⓘ

Halton → locatedOn → River Mersey ⓘ

Halton → hasRiver → River Mersey ⓘ

River Tame → mouth → River Mersey ⓘ

River Tame → forms → River Mersey ⓘ

River Tame → tributaryOf → River Mersey ⓘ

Mersey Tunnels → crosses → River Mersey ⓘ

subject surface form: Queensway Tunnel

Mersey Tunnels → crosses → River Mersey ⓘ

subject surface form: Kingsway Tunnel

Mersey Tunnels → crosses → River Mersey ⓘ

subject surface form: Mersey Railway Tunnel

Bramley-Moore Dock stadium development → locatedOnWaterfront → River Mersey ⓘ

Mersey Gateway Bridge → crosses → River Mersey ⓘ