Venetian Lagoon

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The Venetian Lagoon is a shallow enclosed bay in northeastern Italy famous for its network of islands, canals, and marshes that host the historic city of Venice.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf coastal lagoon ⓘ
lagoon ⓘ
administrativeRegion Veneto ⓘ
area approximately 550 square kilometres ⓘ
averageDepth about 1.2 metres ⓘ
cityLocatedIn Chioggia ⓘ
Mestre ⓘ
Venice ⓘ
connectedBy three inlets to the Adriatic Sea ⓘ
contains Burano ⓘ
Chioggia ⓘ
Giudecca ⓘ
Lazzaretto Nuovo ⓘ
Lazzaretto Vecchio ⓘ
Lido di Venezia ⓘ
Malamocco ⓘ
Mazzorbo ⓘ
Mose flood barriers ⓘ
Murano ⓘ
Pellestrina ⓘ
Poveglia ⓘ
San Francesco del Deserto ⓘ
San Giorgio Maggiore ⓘ
San Lazzaro degli Armeni ⓘ
San Michele ⓘ
San Servolo ⓘ
Sant’Erasmo ⓘ
Torcello ⓘ
Venice ⓘ
Vignole ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
ecosystemType brackish water ecosystem ⓘ
floodProtectionProject MOSE Project ⓘ
formedBy interaction of river sediments and marine processes ⓘ
governedBy Metropolitan City of Venice ⓘ
hasBiodiversity fish species ⓘ
migratory birds ⓘ
seagrass meadows ⓘ
hasClimate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
hasPart barrier islands ⓘ
canals ⓘ
inlets ⓘ
mudflats ⓘ
salt marshes ⓘ
sandbars ⓘ
tidal channels ⓘ
historicalSignificance center of the Venetian Republic ⓘ
inlets Chioggia Inlet ⓘ
Lido Inlet ⓘ
Malamocco Inlet ⓘ
linked to: Lido Inlet
knownFor aquaculture ⓘ
cultural heritage ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
glassmaking on Murano ⓘ
historic city of Venice ⓘ
islands ⓘ
lace-making on Burano ⓘ
marshes ⓘ
network of canals ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
length approximately 50 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn Adriatic Sea ⓘ
northeastern Italy ⓘ
locatedNear Gulf of Venice ⓘ
linked to: Gulf of Trieste

Po River delta ⓘ
majorPort Port of Venice ⓘ
maximumDepth about 10 metres in channels ⓘ
nearbyAirport Treviso Airport ⓘ
Venice Marco Polo Airport ⓘ
partOf Adriatic Sea ⓘ
separatedFrom Adriatic Sea by barrier islands ⓘ
threatenedBy erosion ⓘ
high tides ⓘ
pollution ⓘ
sea level rise ⓘ
storm surges ⓘ
subsidence ⓘ
tidalRegime microtidal ⓘ
UNESCOStatus part of Venice and its Lagoon World Heritage Site ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSince 1987 ⓘ
usedFor navigation ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
salt production (historically) ⓘ
transportation ⓘ
width up to about 10 kilometres ⓘ

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

Venice → locatedIn → Venetian Lagoon ⓘ
Veneto → hasUNESCOSite → Venice and its Lagoon ⓘ
linked to: Venetian Lagoon
Death in Venice → hasSymbol → Venetian lagoon ⓘ
linked to: Venetian Lagoon
St Mark's Campanile → overlooks → Venetian Lagoon ⓘ
Il fuoco → settingFeature → Venetian lagoons ⓘ
linked to: Venetian Lagoon
Chioggia → locatedIn → Venetian Lagoon ⓘ
subject linked to: Chioggia, Veneto, Italy
Chioggia → locatedAtSouthernEndOf → Venetian Lagoon ⓘ
subject linked to: Chioggia, Veneto, Italy
Lido (Venice beach area) → locatedIn → Venetian Lagoon ⓘ
Lido (Venice beach area) → separates → Venetian Lagoon ⓘ
Venice Marco Polo Airport → locatedNear → Venetian Lagoon ⓘ
Church of San Giorgio Maggiore → overlooks → Venetian Lagoon ⓘ
Grand Canal → partOf → Venetian Lagoon ⓘ
Bridge of Sighs → region → Venetian Lagoon ⓘ
Giudecca Canal → partOf → Venetian Lagoon ⓘ
Giudecca Canal → locatedInBodyOfWater → Venetian Lagoon ⓘ
MOSE flood barrier system → locatedIn → Venice Lagoon ⓘ
linked to: Venetian Lagoon
MOSE flood barrier system → protects → Venetian Lagoon ⓘ
Murano → locatedIn → Venetian Lagoon ⓘ
Murano → partOf → Venetian Lagoon ⓘ
Burano → locatedIn → Venetian Lagoon ⓘ
Burano → partOf → Northern Lagoon of Venice ⓘ
linked to: Venetian Lagoon
Torcello → locatedIn → Venetian Lagoon ⓘ
Lido di Venezia → locatedIn → Venetian Lagoon ⓘ
Lido di Venezia → separates → Venetian Lagoon ⓘ
Triveneto → contains → Venetian Lagoon ⓘ
Bacchiglione River → connectedTo → Venetian lagoon (via Brenta system) ⓘ
linked to: Venetian Lagoon
Francesco Guardi → workLocation → Venice Lagoon ⓘ
linked to: Venetian Lagoon
War of Chioggia → location → Venetian Lagoon ⓘ
The Green Sail, Venice → setting → Venetian lagoon ⓘ
subject linked to: “The Green Sail, Venice”
linked to: Venetian Lagoon
Brenta River → emptiesNear → Lagoon of Venice ⓘ
linked to: Venetian Lagoon
Altinum → locatedNear → Venetian Lagoon ⓘ
Altinum → locatedNear → Lagoon of Venice ⓘ
linked to: Venetian Lagoon
Concordia Sagittaria → hasNearbyWaterBody → Venetian Lagoon area ⓘ
linked to: Venetian Lagoon
San Michele Cemetery → locatedInBodyOfWater → Venetian Lagoon ⓘ
Sottomarina → partOf → Venetian Lagoon area ⓘ
linked to: Venetian Lagoon
Sottomarina → locatedNear → Venetian Lagoon ⓘ
Chioggia historic center → waterBody → Venetian Lagoon ⓘ
Vena Canal → locatedIn → Venetian Lagoon ⓘ
Vena Canal → hydrologicalContext → Venetian Lagoon system ⓘ
linked to: Venetian Lagoon
Lusenzo Lagoon → locatedIn → Venetian Lagoon ⓘ
Campanile of Sant’Andrea → locatedNear → Venetian Lagoon ⓘ
Civic Museum of the Southern Lagoon → heritageArea → southern lagoon of Venice ⓘ
linked to: Venetian Lagoon
Province of Venice (historical) → includes → Venetian Lagoon ⓘ
Port of Venice → locatedIn → Venetian Lagoon ⓘ
Metropolitan City of Venice → hasPart → Venetian Lagoon ⓘ
Pellestrina → locatedIn → Venetian Lagoon ⓘ
Pellestrina → separates → Venetian Lagoon ⓘ
Arsenale di Venezia → locatedIn → Venetian Lagoon ⓘ
Giudecca → locatedIn → Venetian Lagoon ⓘ