River Ouse, near Lewes, Sussex, England

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The River Ouse near Lewes in Sussex, England, is a rural stretch of river best known as the place where modernist writer Virginia Woolf ended her life in 1941.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf river reach ⓘ
access public footpath access in several places ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
culturalAssociation Bloomsbury Group (via Virginia Woolf) ⓘ
linked to: Bloomsbury Group
dateOfEvent 28 March 1941 ⓘ
drainageBasin River Ouse (Sussex) catchment ⓘ
ecoregion South East England lowlands ⓘ
environment floodplain landscape ⓘ
pastoral farmland surroundings ⓘ
eventParticipant Virginia Woolf ⓘ
flowsThrough Ouse Valley near Lewes ⓘ
hasCharacteristic non-tidal (at this reach) ⓘ
rural ⓘ
hasInfrastructure farm crossings ⓘ
footpaths along the riverbank ⓘ
hasNotableEvent Virginia Woolf's suicide in 1941 ⓘ
hasViewOf South Downs National Park (nearby hills) ⓘ
hasWildlife freshwater fish ⓘ
waterfowl ⓘ
hydrologicalRelation upstream of tidal section near Newhaven ⓘ
knownFor site of Virginia Woolf's death ⓘ
locatedIn East Sussex ⓘ
England ⓘ
Lewes ⓘ
Sussex ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
memorializedBy memorial plaque near the river ⓘ
near Lewes Brooks ⓘ
Monk's House, Rodmell ⓘ
linked to: Monk's House

Rodmell ⓘ
South Downs ⓘ
partOf River Ouse, Sussex ⓘ
linked to: River Ouse
region South East England ⓘ
risk flooding in surrounding low-lying land ⓘ
usedFor angling ⓘ
boating ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
watercourseType lowland river ⓘ

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

Virginia Woolf → placeOfDeath → River Ouse, near Lewes, Sussex, England ⓘ
River Ouse, near Lewes, Sussex, England → flowsThrough → Ouse Valley near Lewes ⓘ
linked to: River Ouse, near Lewes, Sussex, England