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ID: 1123349
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1123349
Record Type:
physical
Dee (river)
Coordinates:
Lat: 53 00 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 53.0000
decimal degrees
Long: 002 50 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -2.8333
decimal degrees
Note:
Rises in Bala Lake in N Wales & flows north & east to form part of English-Welsh border; empties into Irish Sea through broad estuary; was documented by Greek geographer Ptolemy in 2nd cen. CE.
Names:
Dee
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Afon Dyfrdwy
(
C
,
V
)
Dyfrdwy
(
C
,
V
)
Deoua
(
H
,
V
,
S
)
............
ancient name
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Europe
(continent) (
P
)
........
United Kingdom
(nation) (
P
)
............
Great Britain
(island) (
P
)
................
Dee
(river) (
P
)
Place Types:
river (
preferred
,
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Afon Dyfrdwy..........
[
VP
]
.......................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
I, 231
Dee..........
[
VP Preferred
]
...........
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
54
Deoua..........
[
VP
]
..............
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
I, 231
Dyfrdwy..........
[
VP
]
.................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
320
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
I, 231
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
54
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
320
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
..........
Times Atlas of World History (1989)
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