Thames Barrier

The Thames Barrier is a retractable barrier system built to protect the floodplain of most of from exceptionally high tides and storm surges moving up from the .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include London City Airport and The Valley.
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Silvertown and Charlton Riverside.
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Thames Barrier

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Latitude
51.49689° or 51° 29′ 49″ north
Longitude
0.03729° or 0° 2′ 14″ east
Open location code
9F32F2WP+QW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 389783501
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­storm_surge_barrier
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­lock_gate
Wiki­data ID
Q948363

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Zeeuws—“Thames Barrier” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Tamesiseko hesia”
  • Bengali: “টেমস ব্যারিয়ার”
  • Catalan: “Barrera del Tàmesi”
  • Chinese: “泰晤士河防洪閘”
  • Czech: “Bariéry na Temži”
  • Danish: “Thames Barrier”
  • Dutch: “Thames Barrier”
  • Esperanto: “Bariero ĉe Tamizo”
  • Esperanto: “Barieroj sur la Tamizo”
  • Finnish: “Thames Barrier”
  • French: “barrière de la Tamise”
  • French: “Barrière de la Tamise”
  • German: “Thames Barrier”
  • Hebrew: “מחסום התמזה”
  • Hungarian: “Temze-gát”
  • Irish: “Bacainn na Tamaise”
  • Italian: “Barriera del Tamigi”
  • Italian: “Thames Barrier”
  • Japanese: “テムズバリア”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Thames Barrier”
  • Norwegian: “Thames Barrier”
  • Polish: “Thames Barrier”
  • Portuguese: “Barreira do Tamisa”
  • Russian: “Барьер Темзы”
  • Slovenian: “Pregrada Temze”
  • Spanish: “Barrera del Tamesis”
  • Spanish: “Barrera del Támesis”
  • Swedish: “Thames Barrier”
  • Thai: “เครื่องกั้นแม่น้ำเทมส์”
  • Thai: “เทมส์แบเรียร์”
  • Turkish: “Thames Bariyeri”
  • Ukrainian: “Бар’єр Темзи”
  • Vietnamese: “Đập sông Thames”
  • Zeeuws: “Thames Barrier”

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