River Don

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The River Don is a major waterway in South Yorkshire, England, historically central to the region’s industrial development and the city of Sheffield.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
River Don canonical 23
River Don basin 1
River Don in Yorkshire, England 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river
basinCountry England
confluenceNear Goole
connectedTo Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation
country England
crossesAdministrativeArea Doncaster
surface form: Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
surface form: Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham

Sheffield City Council
surface form: Metropolitan Borough of Sheffield
drainageBasin Humber drainage basin
flowsDirection generally eastwards
flowsThrough Barnsley
surface form: Barnsley metropolitan area

Doncaster
Rotherham
Sheffield
hasBridge Doncaster railway bridges
hasStructure flood defences
weirs
hasTributary Ea Beck
River Dearne
River Loxley
River Rivelin
River Rother
River Sheaf
hasValley Don Valley
historicallyCentralTo Sheffield steel industry
South Yorkshire industrial development
historicalRegion West Riding of Yorkshire
length approximately 112 kilometres
approximately 70 miles
locatedIn South Yorkshire
United Kingdom
Yorkshire
locatedOnContinent Europe
mouthLocation River Great Ouse
surface form: River Ouse
partOf Humber river system
passesNear Kelham Island
Meadowhall
passesThrough Don Valley
region South Yorkshire
West Yorkshire
sourceLocation Pennines
near Dunford Bridge
tributaryOf River Ouse
usedFor industrial water supply
navigation
powering water wheels
watercourseType non-tidal in upper reaches
partly tidal in lower reaches

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (25)

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

Sheffield river River Don
Don River namedAfter River Don
this entity surface form: River Don in Yorkshire, England
River Went mouthOfWatercourse River Don
River Went tributaryOf River Don
Doncaster river River Don
Kelham Island Museum locatedOn River Don
Owlerton, Sheffield traversedBy River Don
Hillsborough nearestRiver River Don
subject surface form: Hillsborough Stadium
Rotherham river River Don
River Loxley flowsInto River Don
River Loxley tributaryOf River Don
River Sheaf tributaryOf River Don
River Sheaf drainageBasin River Don
this entity surface form: River Don basin
Marr area containsRiver River Don
River Dearne mouth River Don
River Dearne riverSystem River Don
River Dearne tributaryOf River Don
River Ouse tributary River Don
River Don hasName River Don
Isle of Axholme near River Don
Humber drainage basin hasPart River Don