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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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Mersey Valley 4
Mersey Basin 2
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 (97)

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

Sale Water Park → adjacentTo → River Mersey ⓘ
River Irwell → confluenceWith → River Mersey ⓘ
Eastham Lock → connectsBodyOfWater → River Mersey ⓘ
Manchester Ship Canal → connectsTo → River Mersey ⓘ
Trent and Mersey Canal → connectsWith → River Mersey ⓘ
Mersey Tunnels → crosses → River Mersey ⓘ
subject surface form: Kingsway Tunnel
M60 → crosses → River Mersey ⓘ
Manchester Ship Canal → crosses → River Mersey ⓘ
Mersey Ferry → crosses → River Mersey ⓘ
Mersey Gateway Bridge → crosses → River Mersey ⓘ
Mersey Tunnels → crosses → River Mersey ⓘ
subject surface form: Mersey Railway Tunnel
Mersey Tunnels → crosses → River Mersey ⓘ
Mersey Tunnels → crosses → River Mersey ⓘ
subject surface form: Queensway Tunnel
Queensway Tunnel → crosses → River Mersey ⓘ
Runcorn Railway Bridge → crosses → River Mersey ⓘ
Silver Jubilee Bridge → crosses → River Mersey ⓘ
Stockport Viaduct → crosses → River Mersey ⓘ
Thelwall Viaduct → crosses → River Mersey ⓘ
Cheshire Plain → drainageBasin → River Mersey ⓘ
River Weaver → drainageBasin → River Mersey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mersey Basin
River Weaver → flowsInto → River Mersey ⓘ
River Goyt → forms → River Mersey ⓘ
River Tame → forms → River Mersey ⓘ
Merseyside → hasBodyOfWater → River Mersey ⓘ
Wirral → hasCoastlineOn → River Mersey ⓘ
Irish Sea → hasInflow → River Mersey ⓘ
Pennine waterways → hasPart → River Mersey ⓘ
Borough of Halton → hasRiver → River Mersey ⓘ
Greater Manchester → hasRiver → River Mersey ⓘ
Halton → hasRiver → River Mersey ⓘ
North West England → hasRiver → River Mersey ⓘ
Sale → hasRiver → River Mersey ⓘ
Urmston → hasRiver → River Mersey ⓘ
Port of Liverpool Building → hasView → River Mersey ⓘ
Royal Liver Building → hasViewOf → River Mersey ⓘ
Spike Island → hasViewOf → River Mersey ⓘ
River Goyt → isMajorHeadwaterOf → River Mersey ⓘ
Wallasey → locatedAtMouthOf → River Mersey ⓘ
Wirral → locatedBetween → River Mersey ⓘ
Tate Liverpool → locatedBy → River Mersey ⓘ
Bootle → locatedNear → River Mersey ⓘ
Eastham → locatedNear → River Mersey ⓘ
Eastham Lock → locatedNear → River Mersey ⓘ
Eastham Village → locatedNear → River Mersey ⓘ
Ellesmere Port → locatedNear → River Mersey ⓘ
Litherland → locatedNear → River Mersey ⓘ