Solway basin

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The Solway Basin is a geological and coastal lowland region around the Solway Firth on the border of northwest England and southwest Scotland, known for its estuaries, wetlands, and sedimentary formations.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Solway Firth basin 7
Solway Basin 1
Solway basin canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf coastal lowland ⓘ
geological region ⓘ
sedimentary basin ⓘ
adjacentTo Solway Firth ⓘ
boundedBy regional faults ⓘ
drainedBy River Annan ⓘ
River Eden ⓘ
River Esk ⓘ
formedDuring Permian period ⓘ
linked to: Permian Period

Triassic period ⓘ
linked to: Triassic
hasConservationDesignation Ramsar-type wetland areas ⓘ
protected wetlands ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
nature conservation ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalFeature bird habitats ⓘ
intertidal habitats ⓘ
tidal flats ⓘ
hasGeologicalFeature Mesozoic sedimentary rocks ⓘ
Permian sedimentary rocks ⓘ
Triassic sedimentary rocks ⓘ
fault-bounded basin structure ⓘ
sedimentary formations ⓘ
hasLandform coastal plains ⓘ
estuaries ⓘ
mudflats ⓘ
salt marshes ⓘ
wetlands ⓘ
knownFor coastal lowland landscapes ⓘ
estuaries and wetlands ⓘ
sedimentary geology ⓘ
locatedIn Solway Firth region ⓘ
linked to: Solway Firth

northwest England ⓘ
southwest Scotland ⓘ
locatedOnBorderOf England ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
overlies older Palaeozoic rocks ⓘ
partOf East Irish Sea Basin system ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

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

River Esk → partOf → Solway basin ⓘ
River Annan → drainageBasin → Solway Firth basin ⓘ
linked to: Solway basin
River Wampool → drainageBasin → Solway Firth basin ⓘ
linked to: Solway basin
River Cree → drainageBasin → Solway Firth basin ⓘ
linked to: Solway basin
Harthope Beck → drainageBasin → Solway Firth basin ⓘ
linked to: Solway basin
Gillcambon Beck → drainageBasin → Solway Firth basin ⓘ
linked to: Solway basin
Solway Plain → partOf → Solway Basin ⓘ
linked to: Solway basin
River Bladnoch → drainageBasin → Solway Firth basin ⓘ
linked to: Solway basin
Black Esk → drainageBasin → Solway Firth basin ⓘ
linked to: Solway basin