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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:wetlands
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gptkbp:area
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approximately 1,500 square miles
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gptkbp:drainedBy
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gptkb:Ouse_River
gptkb:Welland_River
Nene River
Witham River
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gptkbp:ecosystem
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gptkb:fire
bay
marina
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gptkbp:highestPoint
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gptkb:Holme_Fen
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gptkbp:historicalEvent
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drainage began in 17th century
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gptkbp:historicalName
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gptkb:The_Bedford_Level
The Great Level
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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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Fens, England
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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:lowestPoint
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gptkb:Holme_Fen
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gptkbp:lowestPointBelowSeaLevel
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2.75 metres
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gptkbp:mainCrops
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gptkb:wheat
potatoes
flowers
vegetables
barley
sugar beet
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gptkbp:mainTowns
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gptkb:Boston
gptkb:Ely
gptkb:King's_Lynn
gptkb:March
gptkb:Spalding
gptkb:Wisbech
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gptkbp:notableBuilding
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gptkb:Boston_Stump
gptkb:Ely_Cathedral
gptkb:Ouse_Washes
gptkb:Denver_Sluice
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gptkbp:notableFauna
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gptkb:lake
gptkb:butterfly
gptkb:reed_warbler
water vole
bittern
marsh harrier
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gptkbp:notableFor
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agriculture
flood risk
low-lying land
peat soils
polders
unique landscape
drainage and land reclamation
windpumps
network of drainage ditches
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gptkbp:protectedArea
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gptkb:Wicken_Fen
gptkb:Woodwalton_Fen
gptkb:Holme_Fen
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:St_Bega's_Isle
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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8
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