Humberhead Levels

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Humberhead Levels is a low-lying, largely rural wetland and agricultural landscape in northern England, characterized by its extensive river floodplains and drained peat fens.

All labels observed (4)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf agricultural landscape ⓘ
natural region ⓘ
wetland landscape ⓘ
adminRegion Doncaster ⓘ
East Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
North Lincolnshire ⓘ
Nottinghamshire ⓘ
South Yorkshire ⓘ
characterizedBy drained peat fens ⓘ
extensive arable farming ⓘ
low-lying topography ⓘ
pasture land ⓘ
river floodplains ⓘ
rural land use ⓘ
climate cool temperate maritime climate ⓘ
contains Crowle Moors ⓘ
Goole Moors ⓘ
linked to: Crowle Moors

Hatfield Moors ⓘ
Thorne Moors ⓘ
Thorne and Hatfield Moors National Nature Reserve ⓘ
linked to: Thorne Moors

Thorne and Hatfield Moors Special Area of Conservation ⓘ
linked to: Hatfield Moors
country England ⓘ
drainsTo Humber Estuary ⓘ
ecoregion lowland raised bog remnants ⓘ
reedbeds ⓘ
wet grassland habitats ⓘ
governedBy Environment Agency (flood risk management) ⓘ
Internal Drainage Boards ⓘ
hasConservationDesignation Sites of Special Scientific Interest ⓘ
Special Protection Areas (nearby and overlapping wetlands) ⓘ
hydrology River Aire floodplain ⓘ
River Don floodplain ⓘ
River Idle floodplain ⓘ
River Ouse floodplain ⓘ
River Trent floodplain ⓘ
linked to: River Trent valley
landUse drainage for agriculture ⓘ
grazing ⓘ
nature conservation ⓘ
peat extraction (historical and contemporary) ⓘ
locatedIn East Midlands ⓘ
Yorkshire and the Humber ⓘ
northern England ⓘ
linked to: Northern England
notableFor archaeological remains preserved in peat ⓘ
breeding and wintering wetland birds ⓘ
extensive peat deposits ⓘ
partOf Humber Basin ⓘ
Humberhead Levels National Character Area ⓘ
linked to: Humberhead Levels
threatenedBy agricultural intensification ⓘ
drainage and land reclamation ⓘ
peat oxidation and subsidence ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

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

Trent Falls → locatedIn → Humberhead Levels ⓘ
Isle of Axholme → partOf → Humberhead Levels ⓘ
Humberhead Levels → partOf → Humberhead Levels National Character Area ⓘ
linked to: Humberhead Levels
Holderness → partOf → Humberhead Levels (broad lowland area) ⓘ
linked to: Humberhead Levels
Vale of York → borderedBy → Humberhead Levels ⓘ
Thorne → partOf → Humberhead Levels ⓘ
Hatfield Moors → partOf → Humberhead Peatlands ⓘ
linked to: Humberhead Levels