The Wash

The Wash is a shallow natural rectangular bay and multiple estuary on the east coast of in the . It is an inlet of the and is the largest multiple estuary system in the UK, as well as being the largest natural bay in England and is the outflow for the rivers , , Nene and the Great Ouse.
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gedney Drove End.

Village
is a village in the civil parish of and the South Holland district of , England. It is 40 miles south-east from the city and county town of , and 12 miles from both at the north-west and at the south-east. is situated 6 miles southwest of The Wash.

The Wash

Latitude
52.91667° or 52° 55′ north
Longitude
0.25° or 0° 15′ east
Open location code
9F42W782+M2
Geo­Names ID
2634722
Wiki­data ID
Q1463998
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Western Frisian—“The Wash” goes by many names.
  • Basque: The Wash
  • Breton: The Wash
  • Bulgarian: Уош
  • Catalan: The Wash
  • Cebuano: The Wash (luuk sa Hiniusang Gingharian, Inglatera)
  • Cebuano: The Wash
  • Chinese: 沃什河口
  • Chinese: 沃什灣
  • Chinese: 洗車好兄弟
  • Chinese: 華許灣
  • Czech: The Wash
  • Czech: Wash
  • Czech: záliv Wash
  • Danish: The Wash
  • Dutch: The Wash
  • Dutch: Wash Bay
  • Dutch: Wash
  • Esperanto: The Wash
  • Finnish: The Wash
  • French: The Wash
  • Galician: The Wash
  • German: The Wash
  • Hebrew: ווש
  • Hungarian: The Wash
  • Irish: An Wash
  • Italian: The Wash
  • Japanese: ウォッシュ湾
  • Japanese: ザ・ウォッシュ
  • Latvian: Vošs
  • Lithuanian: Vošo įlanka
  • Norwegian Bokmål: The Wash
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: The Wash
  • Norwegian: The Wash
  • Polish: The Wash
  • Portuguese: The Wash
  • Russian: Залив Уош
  • Russian: Уош
  • Serbian: Залив Вош
  • Serbo-Croatian: Wash
  • Spanish: Estuario del Wash
  • Spanish: The Wash
  • Swedish: The Wash
  • Swedish: Wash
  • Venetian: The Wash
  • Welsh: Y Wash
  • Western Frisian: The Wash

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