Fenland waterways

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Fenland waterways are an interconnected network of rivers, drains, and man-made channels in eastern England’s Fens, historically engineered for drainage, navigation, and flood control.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf drainage system ⓘ
navigation system ⓘ
waterway network ⓘ
connectedTo North Sea ⓘ
The Wash ⓘ
country England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
feature artificial straight drains ⓘ
embanked rivers ⓘ
pumping stations ⓘ
sluices and locks ⓘ
tidal outfalls ⓘ
governedBy Environment Agency ⓘ
Internal Drainage Boards ⓘ
hasPart Counter Drain ⓘ
Drains of the Middle Level ⓘ
Ely Ouse ⓘ
linked to: River Great Ouse

Forty Foot Drain ⓘ
Lodes of the Cambridgeshire Fens ⓘ
linked to: Cambridgeshire Fens

Middle Level Navigations ⓘ
New Bedford River ⓘ
North Forty Foot Drain ⓘ
Old Bedford River ⓘ
Relief Channel ⓘ
River Great Ouse ⓘ
River Nene ⓘ
River Welland ⓘ
River Witham ⓘ
South Forty Foot Drain ⓘ
Vermuyden’s drains ⓘ
historicalPeriod 17th century ⓘ
Industrial Revolution ⓘ
medieval period ⓘ
locatedIn The Fens ⓘ
linked to: Fens

eastern England ⓘ
mainFunction flood control ⓘ
land drainage ⓘ
majorEngineer Cornelius Vermuyden ⓘ
purpose lowering of water table ⓘ
protection of settlements from flooding ⓘ
reclamation of fenland for agriculture ⓘ
regionServed Cambridgeshire Fens ⓘ
Lincolnshire Fens ⓘ
Norfolk Fens ⓘ
use agricultural irrigation support ⓘ
angling ⓘ
inland navigation ⓘ
recreational boating ⓘ
wildlife habitat management ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

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

River Little Ouse → connectedTo → Fenland waterways ⓘ
Middle Level Main Drain → partOf → Fenland drainage network ⓘ
linked to: Fenland waterways
Well Creek → partOf → Fenland drainage system ⓘ
linked to: Fenland waterways
Well Creek → waterwaySystem → Fenland waterways ⓘ
Torksey Lock → connectsRegion → Lincolnshire waterways ⓘ
linked to: Fenland waterways
Cornelius Vermuyden → significantProject → drainage of the Great Level of the Fens ⓘ
linked to: Fenland waterways