River Asker (original) (raw)
The River Asker is a small river in Dorset, England. It rises on the chalk slopes of Eggardon Hill, approximately five miles (8 km) east of Bridport. It flows west-northwest through the villages of Askerswell to which it gives its name, Uploders, where many cottages have gardens backing onto the river, and Loders. Here it heads west towards Bradpole, where it is joined by the small Mangerton Brook flowing in from the north. It then flows southwest into Bridport, passing underneath the A3066 and B3162 roads in the town. In this section there are weirs and fish ladders. South of the B3162, between Bridport and Bothenhampton, the river also forms the western boundary of the , which was designated a Local Nature Reserve in 2004. The river then flows under the B3157 road and joins the River Bri
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| dbo:abstract | The River Asker is a small river in Dorset, England. It rises on the chalk slopes of Eggardon Hill, approximately five miles (8 km) east of Bridport. It flows west-northwest through the villages of Askerswell to which it gives its name, Uploders, where many cottages have gardens backing onto the river, and Loders. Here it heads west towards Bradpole, where it is joined by the small Mangerton Brook flowing in from the north. It then flows southwest into Bridport, passing underneath the A3066 and B3162 roads in the town. In this section there are weirs and fish ladders. South of the B3162, between Bridport and Bothenhampton, the river also forms the western boundary of the , which was designated a Local Nature Reserve in 2004. The river then flows under the B3157 road and joins the River Brit beside in the south of the town. (en) |
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| dbo:mouthPlace | dbr:Bridport dbr:Dorset |
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| dbp:desc | Asker (en) Mangerton Brook (en) |
| dbp:imageCaption | A ford on the River Asker near Uploders (en) |
| dbp:imageSize | 240 (xsd:integer) |
| dbp:mouthLocation | dbr:Bridport dbr:Dorset |
| dbp:name | Asker (en) |
| dbp:pushpinMap | United Kingdom Dorset (en) |
| dbp:pushpinMapCaption | Location within Dorset (en) |
| dbp:source1Location | Eggardon Hill, near Askerswell, Dorset (en) |
| dbp:subdivisionName | dbr:United_Kingdom dbr:Dorset |
| dbp:subdivisionType | Country (en) County (en) |
| dbp:tributariesLeft | Mangerton Brook (en) |
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| dcterms:subject | dbc:Rivers_of_Dorset |
| gold:hypernym | dbr:River |
| georss:point | 50.75 -2.65 |
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| rdfs:comment | The River Asker is a small river in Dorset, England. It rises on the chalk slopes of Eggardon Hill, approximately five miles (8 km) east of Bridport. It flows west-northwest through the villages of Askerswell to which it gives its name, Uploders, where many cottages have gardens backing onto the river, and Loders. Here it heads west towards Bradpole, where it is joined by the small Mangerton Brook flowing in from the north. It then flows southwest into Bridport, passing underneath the A3066 and B3162 roads in the town. In this section there are weirs and fish ladders. South of the B3162, between Bridport and Bothenhampton, the river also forms the western boundary of the , which was designated a Local Nature Reserve in 2004. The river then flows under the B3157 road and joins the River Bri (en) |
| rdfs:label | River Asker (en) |
| owl:sameAs | freebase:River Asker wikidata:River Asker https://global.dbpedia.org/id/4uEqr yago-res:River Asker |
| geo:geometry | POINT(-2.6500000953674 50.75) |
| geo:lat | 50.750000 (xsd:float) |
| geo:long | -2.650000 (xsd:float) |
| prov:wasDerivedFrom | wikipedia-en:River_Asker?oldid=1055343897&ns=0 |
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| foaf:isPrimaryTopicOf | wikipedia-en:River_Asker |
| foaf:name | Asker (en) |
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| is dbp:tributariesLeft of | dbr:River_Brit |
| is foaf:primaryTopic of | wikipedia-en:River_Asker |
