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gptkbp:instanceOf
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geographical region
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gptkbp:area
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approximately 1,500 square miles
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gptkbp:climate
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temperate oceanic
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gptkbp:containsTown
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gptkb:Boston
gptkb:Ely
gptkb:March
gptkb:Spalding
gptkb:Wisbech
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gptkbp:highestPoint
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Ely (26m above sea level)
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gptkbp:historicalEvent
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drained in 17th century
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gptkbp:historicalName
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gptkb:The_Fens
gptkb:Fen_Country
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gptkbp:historicalSignificance
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gptkb:Cornelius_Vermuyden
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Fenlands of England
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gptkbp:knownFor
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agriculture
drainage and reclamation
low-lying marshland
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gptkbp:locatedIn
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gptkb:Cambridgeshire
gptkb:East_Anglia
gptkb:England
gptkb:Lincolnshire
gptkb:Norfolk
gptkb:Suffolk
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gptkbp:mainCrops
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gptkb:wheat
potatoes
vegetables
barley
sugar beet
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gptkbp:mainRiver
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gptkb:River_Great_Ouse
gptkb:River_Nene
gptkb:River_Welland
gptkb:River_Witham
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gptkbp:notableFauna
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gptkb:lake
gptkb:reed_warbler
water vole
bittern
marsh harrier
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gptkbp:notableFeature
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artificial drainage channels
dykes
peat soils
polders
fens
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gptkbp:protectedArea
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gptkb:Nene_Washes
gptkb:Ouse_Washes
gptkb:Wicken_Fen
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gptkbp:soilType
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gptkb:ceramics
peat
silt
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Histosols
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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8
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