Rhine–Meuse river system

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The Rhine–Meuse river system is a major interconnected river network in Western Europe that drains large parts of the Alps and low countries before emptying into the North Sea through multiple distributaries.

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Statements (70)

Predicate Object
instanceOf drainage basin
river system
climateZone temperate climate
connectedTo Rhine–Main–Danube Canal
surface form: Danube–Main Canal via Rhine–Main–Danube Canal
continent Europe
country Austria
Belgium
Czech Republic
France
Germany
Italy
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
Monaco
Netherlands
Slovenia
Switzerland
United Kingdom
drainageAreaApprox 185000 square kilometres
over 180000 square kilometres
drainageBasinIncludes Meuse basin
Rhine River Basin
surface form: Rhine basin

Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta
surface form: Scheldt basin
drains Alps
Low Countries
emptiesInto North Sea
hasCharacteristic forms a large delta in the Netherlands
highly engineered with dikes and canals
hasDeltaName Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta
hasFloodRisk Low Countries
hasMajorConstituent Meuse
Rhine
Scheldt
hasMajorRiver Lower Rhine
river Maas
surface form: Meuse (Maas)

Mittelrhein
surface form: Middle Rhine

Scheldt
surface form: Scheldt (Schelde)

Upper Rhine
hasMajorTributary Aare
Dender
Dijle
Lesse
Lys (Leie)
Main
Moselle River
surface form: Moselle

Neckar
Nethe
Ourthe
Ruhr
Sambre
hasMouthNear Hook of Holland
Rotterdam
hasOutflowDistributary Haringvliet
Hollands Diep
IJssel
Lek
Nieuwe Waterweg
Oude Maas
Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta
Scheldt
surface form: Scheldt estuary

Waal
importance major inland waterway network of Western Europe
locatedIn Western Europe
partOf North Sea drainage basin
surface form: North Sea watershed
usedFor drinking water supply
flood management
freight transport
hydropower generation
inland navigation
irrigation

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Input
Subject: Rhine–Meuse river system
Description of subject: The Rhine–Meuse river system is a major interconnected river network in Western Europe that drains large parts of the Alps and low countries before emptying into the North Sea through multiple distributaries.

Referenced by (41)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nieuwe Waterweg mouthOf Rhine–Meuse river system
Volkerak partOf Rhine–Meuse river system
this entity surface form: Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt waterway system
Volkerak locatedInRiverBasin Rhine–Meuse river system
this entity surface form: Rhine basin
Volkerak locatedInRiverBasin Rhine–Meuse river system
this entity surface form: Meuse basin
Oude Maas waterSystem Rhine–Meuse river system
this entity surface form: Rhine River system
Waal partOf Rhine–Meuse river system
this entity surface form: Rhine river system
IJssel partOf Rhine–Meuse river system
this entity surface form: Rhine river system
IJssel tributaryOf Rhine–Meuse river system
this entity surface form: Rhine distributary system
Hollandsche IJssel locatedInHydrologicalSystem Rhine–Meuse river system
this entity surface form: Rhine basin
Areuse partOf Rhine–Meuse river system
this entity surface form: Rhine drainage basin
Aare basin partOf Rhine–Meuse river system
this entity surface form: Rhine drainage basin
Aare riverSystem Rhine–Meuse river system
this entity surface form: Rhine basin
Ruhr partOf Rhine–Meuse river system
this entity surface form: Rhine river system
Lahn riverSystem Rhine–Meuse river system
this entity surface form: Rhine river system
Rijn partOf Rhine–Meuse river system
this entity surface form: Rhine river system
Rednitz River riverSystem Rhine–Meuse river system
this entity surface form: Rhine River basin
Franks coreTerritory Rhine–Meuse river system
this entity surface form: Rhine River basin
Western Scheldt partOf Rhine–Meuse river system
this entity surface form: Delta of Rhine Meuse Scheldt
Nieuwe Merwede partOf Rhine–Meuse river system
Hollands Diep waterSystem Rhine–Meuse river system
this entity surface form: Rhine river system
Hollands Diep waterSystem Rhine–Meuse river system
this entity surface form: Meuse river system
Linden isInRiverBasin Rhine–Meuse river system
subject surface form: Linden (North Brabant)
this entity surface form: Meuse basin
River Main riverSystem Rhine–Meuse river system
subject surface form: Main
this entity surface form: Rhine river system
Haringvliet connects Rhine–Meuse river system
Haringvliet partOf Rhine–Meuse river system
this entity surface form: Rhine–Meuse river system outlet network
Ergolz riverSystem Rhine–Meuse river system
this entity surface form: Rhine river system
Chiers locatedInRiverSystem Rhine–Meuse river system
this entity surface form: Rhine–Meuse basin
Het Scheur partOf Rhine–Meuse river system
Noord partOf Rhine–Meuse river system
this entity surface form: Rhine river system
Noord partOf Rhine–Meuse river system
this entity surface form: Meuse river system
Southwestern Netherlands traversedBy Rhine–Meuse river system
this entity surface form: Rhine River distributaries
Southwestern Netherlands traversedBy Rhine–Meuse river system
this entity surface form: Meuse River distributaries
Spui drainageBasin Rhine–Meuse river system
this entity surface form: Rhine–Meuse basin
major northern distributary of the Rhine in the Netherlands partOf Rhine–Meuse river system
subject surface form: IJssel
this entity surface form: Low Countries river network
Beneden Merwede partOf Rhine–Meuse river system
Boven Merwede partOf Rhine–Meuse river system
Pannerdens Kanaal partOf Rhine–Meuse river system
this entity surface form: Rhine river system
Main River region drainageBasinOf Rhine–Meuse river system
this entity surface form: Rhine River system
River Waal watercourseSystem Rhine–Meuse river system
this entity surface form: Rhine River system
Nieuwe Maas estuary area connectsTo Rhine–Meuse river system
this entity surface form: Meuse River system
Maas-Waal canal connectsRiverSystem Rhine–Meuse river system
subject surface form: Maas-Waal Canal
this entity surface form: Rhine river system