Dutch Water Line
E190797
The Dutch Water Line was a historic defensive system in the Netherlands that used controlled flooding of low-lying land to protect key cities from invasion.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dutch Water Line canonical | 2 |
| Dutch Water Line heritage | 1 |
| Hollandse Waterlinie | 1 |
| New Dutch Water Line | 1 |
| Nieuwe Hollandse Waterlinie | 1 |
| Old Dutch Water Line | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1504105 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dutch Water Line Context triple: [Dutch Water Line inundations, partOf, Dutch Water Line]
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A.
Van Starkenborghkanaal
The Van Starkenborghkanaal is a key Dutch shipping canal in the province of Groningen that forms part of an important east–west inland waterway connection in the northern Netherlands.
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B.
Wilhelmina Canal
The Wilhelmina Canal is a major Dutch waterway in the province of North Brabant, constructed to improve regional shipping and industrial transport connections.
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C.
Amsterdam–Rhine Canal
The Amsterdam–Rhine Canal is a major Dutch waterway that connects Amsterdam to the Rhine River, serving as an important route for inland shipping and transport.
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D.
Rhine–Scheldt connection
The Rhine–Scheldt connection is a major Dutch inland waterway system linking the Rhine and Scheldt river basins to facilitate international shipping between the North Sea ports and the European hinterland.
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E.
Boerenwetering canal
The Boerenwetering canal is a waterway in Amsterdam that separates the De Pijp neighborhood from the Museumplein and Oud-Zuid areas.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dutch Water Line Target entity description: The Dutch Water Line was a historic defensive system in the Netherlands that used controlled flooding of low-lying land to protect key cities from invasion.
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A.
Van Starkenborghkanaal
The Van Starkenborghkanaal is a key Dutch shipping canal in the province of Groningen that forms part of an important east–west inland waterway connection in the northern Netherlands.
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B.
Wilhelmina Canal
The Wilhelmina Canal is a major Dutch waterway in the province of North Brabant, constructed to improve regional shipping and industrial transport connections.
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C.
Amsterdam–Rhine Canal
The Amsterdam–Rhine Canal is a major Dutch waterway that connects Amsterdam to the Rhine River, serving as an important route for inland shipping and transport.
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D.
Rhine–Scheldt connection
The Rhine–Scheldt connection is a major Dutch inland waterway system linking the Rhine and Scheldt river basins to facilitate international shipping between the North Sea ports and the European hinterland.
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E.
Boerenwetering canal
The Boerenwetering canal is a waterway in Amsterdam that separates the De Pijp neighborhood from the Museumplein and Oud-Zuid areas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cultural heritage site
ⓘ
defensive line ⓘ military defense system ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Dutch Water Line
ⓘ
surface form:
Hollandse Waterlinie
|
| constructionStart | 17th century ⓘ |
| country | Netherlands ⓘ |
| currentUse |
recreational area
ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ |
| designedToDefendAgainst |
foreign invasions
ⓘ
land-based armies ⓘ |
| endPoint | Gorinchem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstMajorUse | Franco-Dutch War ⓘ |
| firstMajorUseYear | 1672 ⓘ |
| floodDepth | approximately 30 to 60 centimeters ⓘ |
| follows |
Hollandsche IJssel
ⓘ
surface form:
river Hollandse IJssel
River Lek ⓘ
surface form:
river Lek
river Linge ⓘ river Vecht ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Fort Everdingen
ⓘ
Fort Vechten ⓘ Fort bij Rijnauwen ⓘ Fort Vechten ⓘ
surface form:
Fort bij Vechten
Fortress Honswijk ⓘ Grebbelinie connection works ⓘ batteries ⓘ canals ⓘ dikes ⓘ fortresses ⓘ polders ⓘ sluices ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
UNESCO World Heritage Site
ⓘ
surface form:
UNESCO World Heritage cultural site
|
| language | Dutch ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
province of Gelderland
ⓘ
province of North Holland ⓘ provinces of Utrecht and South Holland ⓘ western Netherlands ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
Government of the Netherlands
ⓘ
surface form:
Dutch government
|
| modernizationPeriod | 1870–1885 ⓘ |
| modernizedFor | artillery and explosives ⓘ |
| periodOfUse | 17th to 20th century ⓘ |
| primaryDefenseMethod | flooding land to a shallow depth ⓘ |
| protects |
Holland
ⓘ
Randstad metropolitan region ⓘ
surface form:
Randstad region
Amsterdam ⓘ
surface form:
city of Amsterdam
Utrecht, Netherlands ⓘ
surface form:
city of Utrecht
|
| recognizedAs | national monument of the Netherlands ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Dutch Water Line inundations
ⓘ
surface form:
Old Dutch Water Line
|
| significantDevelopment | 19th century ⓘ |
| startPoint | Muiden ⓘ |
| status | partly preserved ⓘ |
| strategicConcept | using water as a weapon ⓘ |
| supersededBy |
Dutch Water Line
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
New Dutch Water Line
|
| tooDeepFor | passage by infantry and cavalry ⓘ |
| tooShallowFor | navigation by boats ⓘ |
| UNESCOInscriptionYear | 2021 ⓘ |
| UNESCOStatus | World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| uses |
controlled flooding
ⓘ
inundation of low-lying land ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Dutch Water Line Description of subject: The Dutch Water Line was a historic defensive system in the Netherlands that used controlled flooding of low-lying land to protect key cities from invasion.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Nieuwe Hollandse Waterlinie
this entity surface form:
New Dutch Water Line
this entity surface form:
Hollandse Waterlinie
this entity surface form:
Old Dutch Water Line