Fens

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The Fens is a low-lying, historically marshy region of eastern England known for its extensive drainage, rich agricultural land, and distinctive rural landscape.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
The Fens 26
Fens canonical 7
the Fens 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
rural area ⓘ
wetland ⓘ
borders The Wash ⓘ
climate temperate maritime ⓘ
contains The Wash ⓘ
containsTown Boston ⓘ
Ely ⓘ
March ⓘ
Spalding ⓘ
Wisbech ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
drainageAssociatedWith Cornelius Vermuyden ⓘ
drainageAssociatedWith Dutch engineers ⓘ
drainageBegan medieval period ⓘ
elevation mostly below sea level ⓘ
floodProtection drainage ditches ⓘ
drainage pumps ⓘ
embankments ⓘ
hasFeature drainage channels ⓘ
drains ⓘ
dykes ⓘ
straight roads on embankments ⓘ
historicalLandCover fenland ⓘ
marshland ⓘ
knownFor distinctive rural landscape ⓘ
extensive drainage systems ⓘ
large arable fields ⓘ
peat soils ⓘ
rich agricultural land ⓘ
straight drainage channels ⓘ
locatedIn East Anglia ⓘ
England ⓘ
eastern England ⓘ
linked to: East Anglia
mainRiver River Great Ouse ⓘ
River Nene ⓘ
River Welland ⓘ
River Witham ⓘ
majorCrops cereals ⓘ
sugar beet ⓘ
vegetables ⓘ
majorDrainagePhase 17th century ⓘ
partOf Cambridgeshire ⓘ
Lincolnshire ⓘ
Norfolk ⓘ
Peterborough ⓘ
Suffolk ⓘ
primaryLandUse arable farming ⓘ
risk flooding ⓘ
soilType alluvial ⓘ
peat ⓘ
terrain low-lying ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (39)

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

Isle of Ely → surroundedBy → The Fens ⓘ
linked to: Fens
Isle of Ely → partOf → The Fens ⓘ
linked to: Fens
Ely–Peterborough line → crosses → The Fens ⓘ
linked to: Fens
MARCH → locatedInArea → The Fens ⓘ
linked to: Fens
River Little Ouse → region → The Fens ⓘ
linked to: Fens
North East Cambridgeshire → dominantGeography → The Fens ⓘ
linked to: Fens
Boston, Lincolnshire → near → The Fens ⓘ
subject linked to: Boston
linked to: Fens
Norfolk Fens → partOf → The Fens ⓘ
linked to: Fens
M&GN Joint Railway → servedRegion → The Fens ⓘ
linked to: Fens
River Nene → near → Fens of eastern England ⓘ
linked to: Fens
Ma Costa → homeRegion → Fens ⓘ
subject linked to: Ma Costa in His Dark Materials
Cambridgeshire Fens → partOf → The Fens ⓘ
linked to: Fens
South Holland, Lincolnshire → isPartOf → The Fens ⓘ
linked to: Fens
Well Creek → region → The Fens ⓘ
linked to: Fens
Deeping St Nicholas → locatedIn → The Fens ⓘ
linked to: Fens
Peakirk → locatedIn → The Fens ⓘ
linked to: Fens
Prickwillow → locatedIn → The Fens ⓘ
linked to: Fens
Hilgay → locatedIn → The Fens ⓘ
linked to: Fens
Baston Leisure Park → near → The Fens ⓘ
linked to: Fens
South Lincolnshire → hasLandscape → The Fens ⓘ
linked to: Fens
English Lowlands → includes → The Fens ⓘ
linked to: Fens
Hockwold cum Wilton → locatedIn → The Fens ⓘ
linked to: Fens
Fenland waterways → locatedIn → The Fens ⓘ
linked to: Fens
Wisbech Town F.C. → basedNear → The Fens ⓘ
linked to: Fens
March → locatedIn → The Fens ⓘ
linked to: Fens
Haddenham Hill area of the Fens → locatedIn → the Fens ⓘ
linked to: Fens
Ouse Washes → partOf → The Fens ⓘ
linked to: Fens
Great Ouse flood defence system → locatedIn → The Fens ⓘ
linked to: Fens
Old Bedford River → locatedIn → the Fens ⓘ
linked to: Fens
Old Bedford River → partOf → Great Level of the Fens ⓘ
linked to: Fens
Ramsey Abbey → locatedIn → Fens of eastern England ⓘ
linked to: Fens
Crowland Abbey → region → Fens ⓘ
Middle Level Commissioners → locatedIn → the Fens ⓘ
linked to: Fens
Upwell → partOf → The Fens ⓘ
subject linked to: village of Upwell
linked to: Fens