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gptkbp:instanceOf
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geographical region
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gptkbp:agriculturalUse
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arable farming
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gptkbp:archaeologicalSite
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gptkb:Flag_Fen
gptkb:Must_Farm
Roman roads
Bronze Age settlements
prehistoric trackways
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gptkbp:area
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approximately 1,500 square miles
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gptkbp:borders
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gptkb:Cambridgeshire
gptkb:Lincolnshire
gptkb:Norfolk
gptkb:Suffolk
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gptkbp:climate
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maritime
prone to flooding
prone to fog
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gptkbp:culture
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inspiration for landscape art
setting for novels by Dorothy L. Sayers
setting for novels by Graham Swift
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gptkbp:elevation
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mostly below sea level
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gptkbp:historicalEvent
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gptkb:Peasants'_Revolt
drainage in 17th century
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gptkbp:historicallyDrainedBy
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gptkb:Cornelius_Vermuyden
Dutch engineers
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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The Fenlands
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gptkbp:knownFor
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extensive drainage systems
low-lying marshy land
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gptkbp:locatedIn
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gptkb:United_Kingdom
eastern England
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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:notableFeature
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dykes
flood risk
polders
pumping stations
subsidence
unique landscape
drainage ditches
fens
artificial waterways
peat shrinkage
washlands
windpumps
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gptkbp:notableTown
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gptkb:Boston
gptkb:Ely
gptkb:King's_Lynn
gptkb:March
gptkb:Wisbech
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:East_Anglia
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gptkbp:protectedArea
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gptkb:Ouse_Washes
gptkb:Wicken_Fen
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gptkbp:soilType
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peat
silt
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gptkbp:wildlife
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gptkb:bird
rare plants
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Fens
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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