Denver Sluice

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Denver Sluice is a historic water control structure and sluice complex on the River Great Ouse in Norfolk, England, crucial for regional flood management and navigation.

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Label Occurrences
Denver Sluice canonical 4

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf flood defence structure ⓘ
navigation structure ⓘ
sluice ⓘ
water control structure ⓘ
connectsTo New Bedford River ⓘ
Old Bedford River ⓘ
Relief Channel ⓘ
linked to: Washington Channel

River Great Ouse tidal section ⓘ
River Little Ouse ⓘ
River Wissey ⓘ
Ten Mile River ⓘ
controlsWaterFor Fens ⓘ
Ouse Washes ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
hasComponent embankments ⓘ
navigation lock ⓘ
sluice gates ⓘ
weirs ⓘ
hasFunction drainage management ⓘ
flood management ⓘ
navigation control ⓘ
water level regulation ⓘ
heritageStatus important historic engineering site in Norfolk ⓘ
isHistoric true ⓘ
locatedIn Norfolk ⓘ
locatedInRegion East of England ⓘ
locatedNear Denver ⓘ
Downham Market ⓘ
locatedOnRiver River Great Ouse ⓘ
managingOrganization Environment Agency ⓘ
material concrete ⓘ
steel ⓘ
nearBodyOfWater The Wash ⓘ
partOf Fenland drainage system ⓘ
Great Ouse flood defence system ⓘ
purpose to maintain navigable depths upstream ⓘ
to protect low-lying Fenland from inundation ⓘ
to separate tidal and non-tidal waters of the Great Ouse ⓘ
riverSystem Great Ouse river system ⓘ
linked to: River Great Ouse
significance key node in Fenland drainage and navigation ⓘ
usedFor management of tidal surges ⓘ
navigation between tidal and non-tidal Great Ouse ⓘ
protection of agricultural land from flooding ⓘ
regulation of freshwater discharge to the Wash ⓘ
watercourseRole controls junction of several rivers and channels ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

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

Denver, Norfolk → hasLandmark → Denver Sluice ⓘ
subject linked to: Denver
Old Bedford River → endsNear → Denver Sluice ⓘ
Great Ouse Navigation → terminus → Denver Sluice ⓘ