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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:wetlands
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:Fenland
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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
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gptkbp:drainedBy
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gptkb:Cornelius_Vermuyden
Dutch engineers
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gptkbp:elevation
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mostly below sea level
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gptkbp:hasRiver
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gptkb:River_Great_Ouse
gptkb:River_Nene
gptkb:River_Welland
gptkb:River_Witham
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gptkbp:historicalEvent
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gptkb:Peasants'_Revolt
drainage in 17th century
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gptkbp:historicallyFlooded
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true
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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The Fens
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gptkbp:knownFor
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agriculture
drainage
peat soils
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gptkbp:locatedIn
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gptkb:Cambridgeshire
gptkb:East_Anglia
gptkb:Lincolnshire
gptkb:Norfolk
gptkb:Suffolk
eastern England
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gptkbp:mainEconomicActivity
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farming
fishing
tourism
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gptkbp:majorCity
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gptkb:Boston
gptkb:Ely
gptkb:King's_Lynn
gptkb:Wisbech
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gptkbp:notableBuilding
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gptkb:Boston_Stump
gptkb:Ely_Cathedral
gptkb:Octagon_Tower
gptkb:Peckover_House
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gptkbp:notableFauna
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gptkb:bird
rare plants
wading birds
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gptkbp:notableFeature
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artificial drainage channels
dykes
low-lying land
polders
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:United_Kingdom
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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:United_Kingdom
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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3
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