Dives River

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The Dives River is a waterway in northwestern France that flows through Normandy to the English Channel, historically known as the embarkation point of William the Conqueror’s 1066 invasion of England.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Dives River canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature ⓘ
river ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Norman invasion of England ⓘ
associatedWithPerson William the Conqueror ⓘ
country France ⓘ
countrySubdivision Normandy region ⓘ
emptiesNear Cabourg ⓘ
Dives-sur-Mer ⓘ
flowsInto English Channel ⓘ
hasEstuaryType tidal estuary ⓘ
hasNameInFrench Dives ⓘ
hasNearbySettlement Cabourg ⓘ
Dives-sur-Mer ⓘ
Saint-Pierre-sur-Dives ⓘ
Troarn ⓘ
historicalPeriod 11th century ⓘ
historicalRole Norman fleet assembly point in 1066 ⓘ
historicalSignificance embarkation point of William the Conqueror’s 1066 invasion of England ⓘ
historicalUse military embarkation point ⓘ
trade route (regional) ⓘ
locatedIn Normandy ⓘ
Pays d’Auge ⓘ
northwestern France ⓘ
locatedOnContinent Europe ⓘ
mouthLocatedIn English Channel ⓘ
partOf drainage basin of the English Channel ⓘ
region Calvados department ⓘ
Orne department ⓘ
usedFor local commerce (historically) ⓘ
navigation (historically) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Calvados department → majorRiver → Dives River ⓘ
Chambois → locatedOn → Dives River ⓘ
Dives-sur-Mer → locatedOn → Dives River ⓘ
Dives-sur-Mer → namedAfter → Dives River ⓘ