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Swansea Bay

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Swansea Bay (Bae Abertawe) is a bay on the southern coast of Wales. [1]

37 relations: Aberavon Beach, Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Baglan Bay, Baglan Bay power station, Biomass, Blue Flag beach, Bristol Channel, Briton Ferry, Clyne River, Crymlyn Burrows, Disease, Gower Peninsula, Headlands and bays, Marine Conservation Zone, Maritime Quarter, Mumbles Beach, Mumbles Lighthouse, Oyster, Oyster farming, Pollution, Port of Port Talbot, Port Tennant, Porthcawl, Pumping station, River Afan, River Kenfig, River Neath, River Tawe, Sanitary sewer, Sewage treatment, Swansea and Mumbles Railway, Swansea Beach, Swansea docks, Tidal range, Wales, Wastewater, Wind farm.

Aberavon Beach

Aberavon Beach, also known as Aberavon Sands is three-mile (5 km) stretch of sandy beach on the north-eastern edge of Swansea Bay in Port Talbot, Wales.

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Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) is an area of countryside in England, Wales or Northern Ireland which has been designated for conservation due to its significant landscape value.

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Baglan Bay

Baglan Bay (Welsh: Bae Baglan) is a part of the Swansea Bay coastline and a district of Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales.

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Baglan Bay power station

Baglan Bay power station is a 525MWe gas-fired power station situated on Baglan Moors just west of Port Talbot in Wales.

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Biomass

Biomass is an industry term for getting energy by burning wood, and other organic matter.

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Blue Flag beach

The Blue Flag is a certification by the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) that a beach, marina or sustainable boating tourism operator meets its stringent standards.

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Bristol Channel

The Bristol Channel (Môr Hafren) is a major inlet in the island of Great Britain, separating South Wales from Devon and Somerset in South West England.

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Briton Ferry

Briton Ferry (Llansawel) is a town and community in the county borough of Neath Port Talbot, Wales.

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Clyne River

The Clyne River (Afon Clun) is a river in Swansea, south Wales.

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Crymlyn Burrows

Crymlyn Burrows is an area of land in Wales, UK to the east of Swansea city centre, and south of Crymlyn Bog.

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Disease

A disease is any condition which results in the disorder of a structure or function in an organism that is not due to any external injury.

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Gower Peninsula

Gower (Gŵyr) or the Gower Peninsula (Penrhyn Gŵyr) is in South Wales.

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Headlands and bays

Headlands and bays are two related coastal features.

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Marine Conservation Zone

A Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) is a type of marine nature reserve in UK waters.

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Maritime Quarter

The Maritime Quarter (including Swansea Marina) is a residential area of Swansea, Wales, UK located immediately south of the city centre shopping core.

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Mumbles Beach

Mumbles Beach is a very small sheltered area of sand and rock pools sandwiched between Swansea Bay beach and Bracelet Bay in the south eastern corner of the Gower Peninsula, Swansea, Wales.

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Mumbles Lighthouse

Mumbles Lighthouse, completed in 1794, is a lighthouse located in Mumbles, near Swansea.

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Oyster

Oyster is the common name for a number of different families of salt-water bivalve molluscs that live in marine or brackish habitats.

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Oyster farming

Oyster farming is an aquaculture (or mariculture) practice in which oysters are raised for human consumption.

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Pollution

Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into the natural environment that cause adverse change.

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Port of Port Talbot

The port of Port Talbot is located on the River Afan estuary next to Port Talbot Steelworks in the industrial town of Port Talbot, South Wales.

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Port Tennant

Port Tennant is a suburban district of Swansea, Wales, falling within the St. Thomas ward.

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Porthcawl

Porthcawl is a town and community on the south coast of Wales in the county borough of Bridgend, west of the capital city, Cardiff and southeast of Swansea.

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Pumping station

Pumping stations are facilities including pumps and equipment for pumping fluids from one place to another.

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River Afan

The River Afan (Afon Afan) is a river in Wales whose river valley formed the territory of the medieval Lords of Afan.

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River Kenfig

The River Kenfig (Afon Cynffig) is a river in Wales, straddling the county boroughs of Neath Port Talbot and Bridgend.

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River Neath

River Neath (Afon Nedd) is a river in south Wales running south west from its source in the Brecon Beacons National Park to its mouth at Baglan Bay below Briton Ferry on the east side of Swansea Bay.

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River Tawe

The River Tawe (Welsh: Afon Tawe) is a river in the south of Wales.

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Sanitary sewer

A sanitary sewer or "foul sewer" is an underground carriage system specifically for transporting sewage from houses and commercial buildings through pipes to treatment facilities or disposal.

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Sewage treatment

Sewage treatment is the process of removing contaminants from wastewater, primarily from household sewage.

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Swansea and Mumbles Railway

The Swansea and Mumbles Railway was the world's first passenger railway service, located in Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom.

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Swansea Beach

Swansea Beach stretches for five miles along Swansea Bay between the Maritime Quarter and the "Knab Rock" near Mumbles in Wales.

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Swansea docks

Swansea Docks is the collective name for several docks in Swansea, Wales.

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Tidal range

The tidal range is the vertical difference between the high tide and the succeeding low tide.

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Wales

Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain.

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Wastewater

Wastewater (or waste water) is any water that has been affected by human use.

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Wind farm

A wind farm is a group of wind turbines in the same location used to produce electricity.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swansea_Bay

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