Kent Estuary

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The Kent Estuary is a tidal estuarine inlet in northwest England where the River Kent meets Morecambe Bay, characterized by extensive sandflats and saltmarshes.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Kent Estuary canonical 6
Kent Estuary shoreline 1
Morecambe Bay and the Kent Estuary 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf estuary
tidal inlet
administrativeArea Cumbria
coast Irish Sea coast of England
country United Kingdom
drainageBasin River Kent catchment
ecosystemType coastal saltmarsh
intertidal sandflat
environmentalImportance habitat for wading birds
habitat for wildfowl
flowsInto Irish Sea
geologicalType drowned river valley estuary
hasCharacteristic estuarine inlet
extensive sandflats
saltmarshes
tidal
hasFeature intertidal channels
mudflats
railway viaduct at Arnside
saltmarsh vegetation
hasRisk quicksands
tidal flooding
hasTidalRange large
historicalCounty Westmorland
inletOf Morecambe Bay
knownFor dangerous tidal currents
quickly shifting sands
scenic landscapes
locatedIn Cumbria
Morecambe Bay
North West England
locatedNear Arnside
Arnside and Silverdale AONB
Grange-over-Sands
locatedOn eastern side of Morecambe Bay
mouthOf River Kent
nearbySettlement Arnside
Grange-over-Sands
Milnthorpe
partOf Irish Sea coastal system
linked to: Irish Sea coast

Morecambe Bay SSSI network
usedFor birdwatching
recreation
walking
watercourse River Kent

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

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

River Kent flowsInto Kent Estuary
River Keer hasEstuary Morecambe Bay estuary
linked to: Kent Estuary
Arnside railway station adjacentTo Kent Estuary
Arnside Promenade overlooks Kent Estuary
Arnside Promenade adjacentTo Kent Estuary shoreline
linked to: Kent Estuary
Arnside Pier locatedOn Kent Estuary
Arnside Pier hasViewOf Kent Estuary
Grange Lido hasView Morecambe Bay and the Kent Estuary
linked to: Kent Estuary
Arnside Viaduct crosses Kent Estuary