Volkerak

E20540

former estuarine channel lake

Volkerak is a lake and former estuarine channel in the southwestern Netherlands that forms part of the country’s major Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt waterway system.

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former estuarine channel ⓘ lake ⓘ
borderedBy	Goeree-Overflakkee ⓘ North Brabant ⓘ surface form: North Brabant mainland Sint Philipsland ⓘ Tholen ⓘ
connectedTo	Hollands Diep ⓘ Krammer ⓘ
country	Netherlands ⓘ
formedBy	Delta Works ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Volkerakmeer ⓘ
hasEcologicalIssue	algal blooms ⓘ eutrophication ⓘ
hasFunction	freshwater reservoir ⓘ storm surge protection element ⓘ
hasLockComplex	Volkeraksluizen ⓘ
hasNavigationLocks	Volkerakdam ⓘ surface form: Volkerak locks
hasStructure	Philipsdam ⓘ Volkerakdam ⓘ
isPartOfShippingRoute	Rhine–Scheldt connection ⓘ Rotterdam–Antwerp inland waterway route ⓘ
locatedBetween	Goeree-Overflakkee ⓘ surface form: island of Goeree-Overflakkee island of Sint Philipsland ⓘ mainland of North Brabant ⓘ
locatedIn	Southwestern Netherlands ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory	province of North Brabant ⓘ province of South Holland ⓘ Zeeland ⓘ surface form: province of Zeeland
locatedInRiverBasin	Rhine–Meuse river system ⓘ surface form: Meuse basin Rhine–Meuse river system ⓘ surface form: Rhine basin Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta ⓘ surface form: Scheldt basin
locatedOnWaterway	Scheldt–Rhine Canal ⓘ
managedBy	Rijkswaterstaat ⓘ
partOf	Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta ⓘ surface form: Dutch Delta region Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta ⓘ Rhine–Meuse river system ⓘ surface form: Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt waterway system
previousHydrologicalType	estuarine channel ⓘ
separatedFrom	Hollands Diep ⓘ Krammer ⓘ Volkeraksluizen ⓘ
separatedFromSeaBy	Delta Works ⓘ surface form: Delta Works dams
usedFor	inland shipping ⓘ recreation ⓘ water management ⓘ
waterType	freshwater lake ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Goeree-Overflakkee → borderedBy → Volkerak ⓘ

Krammer → connectedTo → Volkerak ⓘ

Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta → containsPart → Volkerak ⓘ

Philipsdam → crosses → Volkerak ⓘ

Volkerakdam → crosses → Volkerak ⓘ

Oude-Tonge → hasNearbyWaterBody → Volkerak ⓘ