Lek River

E189739
distributary river

The Lek River is a major distributary branch of the Rhine in the Netherlands, playing an important role in the country’s inland waterway network and flood management system.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Lek River canonical 6

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf distributary ⓘ
river ⓘ
basinCountry Netherlands ⓘ
connectedTo Amsterdam–Rhine Canal ⓘ
Nederrijn ⓘ
Nieuwe Maas ⓘ
country Netherlands ⓘ
distributaryOf Rhine ⓘ
surface form: Rhine River
floodManagementRole important for Dutch flood control system ⓘ
flowsThrough Culemborg NERFINISHED ⓘ
IJsselstein NERFINISHED ⓘ
Krimpenerwaard ⓘ
Lopik ⓘ
Nieuwegein NERFINISHED ⓘ
Schoonhoven NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vianen ⓘ
Vianen municipality ⓘ
Wijk bij Duurstede NERFINISHED ⓘ
province of South Holland ⓘ
province of Utrecht ⓘ
formsBorderBetween South Holland ⓘ
Utrecht NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasBridge Brug bij Vianen (A2 motorway bridge) ⓘ
Brug bij Vianen (A2 motorway bridge) ⓘ
surface form: Brug bij Vianen (A27 motorway bridge)

Lek Bridge at Vianen ⓘ
hasFerry Culemborg–Schalkwijk ferry ⓘ
Schoonhoven–Gelkenes ferry ⓘ
hasFloodDefences dikes ⓘ
levees ⓘ
weirs ⓘ
hasFunction drainage of Rhine waters to North Sea via Nieuwe Maas ⓘ
hasTributary Hollandsche IJssel ⓘ
surface form: Hollandse IJssel (via connected system)
length approximately 39 miles ⓘ
approximately 62 kilometres ⓘ
locatedInRegion Western Netherlands ⓘ
surface form: western Netherlands
mouthLocation Nieuwe Maas ⓘ
near Kinderdijk ⓘ
nameLanguage Dutch ⓘ
nearbyWorldHeritageSite Kinderdijk ⓘ
surface form: Kinderdijk-Elshout Mill Network
partOf Lower Rhine ⓘ
surface form: Lower Rhine system

Rhine distributary network in the Netherlands ⓘ
Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta ⓘ
sourceLocation near Wijk bij Duurstede ⓘ
usedFor commercial shipping ⓘ
recreational boating ⓘ
water management ⓘ
waterwayRole major inland shipping route ⓘ
part of Dutch inland waterway network ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Lek → hasName → Lek River ⓘ
Vianen → hasBridgeOver → Lek River ⓘ
Nederwaardse Boezem → near → Lek River ⓘ
Kinderdijk → locatedNear → Lek River ⓘ
Dutch inland waterway network → hasPart → Lek River ⓘ
Vijfheerenlanden → borderedBy → Lek River ⓘ