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.

Speke Airport → locatedNear → River Mersey ⓘ
Weston Point → locatedNear → River Mersey ⓘ
Albert Dock → locatedOn → River Mersey ⓘ
Birkenhead → locatedOn → River Mersey ⓘ
Cheadle → locatedOn → River Mersey ⓘ
this entity surface form: River Mersey basin
Halton → locatedOn → River Mersey ⓘ
Port of Liverpool → locatedOn → River Mersey ⓘ
Spike Island → locatedOn → River Mersey ⓘ
Victoria Park, Warrington → locatedOn → River Mersey ⓘ
Warrington → locatedOn → River Mersey ⓘ
Liverpool → locatedOnRiver → River Mersey ⓘ
Stockport → locatedOnRiver → River Mersey ⓘ
Widnes → locatedOnRiver → River Mersey ⓘ
Pier Head → locatedOnWaterbody → River Mersey ⓘ
Queensway Tunnel → locatedUnder → River Mersey ⓘ
River Tame → mouth → River Mersey ⓘ
River Irwell → mouthLocation → River Mersey ⓘ
River Goyt → mouthOf → River Mersey ⓘ
River Sankey → mouthOf → River Mersey ⓘ
Mersey Estuary → mouthOfWatercourse → River Mersey ⓘ
River Weaver → mouthOfWatercourse → River Mersey ⓘ
Merseyside → namedAfter → River Mersey ⓘ
Baguley → near → River Mersey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mersey Valley
LPL → near → River Mersey ⓘ
Latchford Lock → nearbyWaterBody → River Mersey ⓘ
Mersey Ferry → operatesOn → River Mersey ⓘ
Eastham Country Park → overlooks → River Mersey ⓘ
Museum of Liverpool → overlooks → River Mersey ⓘ
River Bollin → partOf → River Mersey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mersey river system
River Sankey → partOf → River Mersey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mersey Basin
Sale Water Park → partOf → River Mersey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mersey Valley
Liverpool Bay → receivesRiver → River Mersey ⓘ
Runcorn Railway Bridge → regionServed → River Mersey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mersey Valley
Birkenhead → river → River Mersey ⓘ
Runcorn → river → River Mersey ⓘ
Thelwall Viaduct → spans → River Mersey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mersey Valley
Cheshire → traversedBy → River Mersey ⓘ
Manchester urban area → traversedBy → River Mersey ⓘ
River Bollin → tributaryOf → River Mersey ⓘ
River Goyt → tributaryOf → River Mersey ⓘ
River Irwell → tributaryOf → River Mersey ⓘ
River Sankey → tributaryOf → River Mersey ⓘ
River Tame → tributaryOf → River Mersey ⓘ
River Weaver → tributaryOf → River Mersey ⓘ