The Fleet lagoon

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The Fleet lagoon is a long, shallow coastal lagoon in Dorset, England, sheltered by Chesil Beach and noted for its rich wildlife and scenic landscapes.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
The Fleet Lagoon 1
The Fleet lagoon canonical 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf coastal lagoon ⓘ
lagoon ⓘ
adjacentTo Abbotsbury ⓘ
Ferrybridge ⓘ
Langton Herring ⓘ
averageDepth less than 2 metres ⓘ
connectedTo English Channel ⓘ
connectedVia Portland Harbour ⓘ
contains The Swannery at Abbotsbury ⓘ
linked to: Abbotsbury

saltmarsh ⓘ
shingle features ⓘ
tidal mudflats ⓘ
country England ⓘ
ecologicalSignificance one of the most important saline lagoons in the United Kingdom ⓘ
geologicalContext formed behind Chesil Beach barrier ⓘ
habitatFor marine invertebrates ⓘ
migratory birds ⓘ
seagrass beds ⓘ
wading birds ⓘ
wildfowl ⓘ
hasInflow small streams from the Dorset mainland ⓘ
hasManagement conservation bodies in Dorset ⓘ
hasOutflow Portland Harbour ⓘ
knownFor important bird populations ⓘ
rich wildlife ⓘ
scenic landscapes ⓘ
length approximately 13 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn Dorset ⓘ
locatedNear Chesil Beach ⓘ
locatedOn Dorset coast ⓘ
Jurassic Coast ⓘ
maximumWidth about 900 metres ⓘ
minimumWidth about 65 metres ⓘ
near Portland ⓘ
Weymouth ⓘ
partOf Chesil Beach and The Fleet Ramsar site ⓘ
Chesil Beach and The Fleet Special Area of Conservation ⓘ
linked to: Chesil Beach

Chesil and The Fleet Special Protection Area ⓘ
Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty ⓘ
protectedAs Ramsar site ⓘ
Site of Special Scientific Interest ⓘ
Special Area of Conservation ⓘ
Special Protection Area ⓘ
region South West England ⓘ
linked to: southwest England
shelteredBy Chesil Beach ⓘ
usedFor birdwatching ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
scientific research ⓘ
waterType brackish water ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

Abbotsbury → locatedNear → The Fleet lagoon ⓘ
Chesil Beach → adjacentTo → The Fleet Lagoon ⓘ
linked to: The Fleet lagoon