Waal

E26512
distributary river

The Waal is a major distributary branch of the Rhine River in the Netherlands, serving as an important waterway for shipping and part of the country’s main river system.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Waal canonical 25
Waal River 25
Waal river 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf distributary ⓘ
river ⓘ
confluenceForms Boven Merwede ⓘ
country Netherlands ⓘ
distributaryOf Rhine ⓘ
flowsDirection generally east–west ⓘ
flowsThrough Gorinchem ⓘ
Nijmegen ⓘ
Tiel ⓘ
North Brabant ⓘ
surface form: Waalwijk region

Zaltbommel ⓘ
formsTogetherWith Lek ⓘ
Nederrijn ⓘ
hasAverageDischarge one of the highest in the Netherlands ⓘ
hasBridge Brug bij Zaltbommel ⓘ
Martinus Nijhoff Bridge ⓘ
Tacitus Bridge ⓘ
Waalbrug ⓘ
surface form: Waalbrug at Nijmegen
hasFloodplain Bemmelerwaard ⓘ
Ooijpolder ⓘ
hasMajorPortConnection Port of Rotterdam ⓘ
hasMajorPortNearby Port of Nijmegen ⓘ
importantFor Dutch economy ⓘ
European inland shipping network ⓘ
surface form: European inland waterway network

Rhine–Alpine freight corridor ⓘ
isMainRhineBranchInNetherlands true ⓘ
languageOfName Dutch ⓘ
length approximately 80 kilometers ⓘ
locatedIn Gelderland ⓘ
South Holland ⓘ
locatedOnContinent Europe ⓘ
mouthLocatedIn Netherlands ⓘ
nameMeaning derived from Germanic word for meandering ⓘ
navigable yes ⓘ
partOf Rhine–Meuse river system ⓘ
surface form: Rhine river system

Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta ⓘ
main Dutch river system ⓘ
regulatedBy dikes ⓘ
groynes ⓘ
riverSystem Rhine ⓘ
sourceRegion near Lobith area ⓘ
subjectTo flood risk ⓘ
tributaryTo Nieuwe Merwede ⓘ
surface form: Merwede
usedFor freight transport ⓘ
inland shipping ⓘ
water management ⓘ
watercourseType distributary branch of Rhine ⓘ

Referenced by (56)

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

Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta → containsPart → Waal ⓘ
Nijmegen → locatedOn → Waal ⓘ
this entity surface form: River Waal
Gelderland → traversedByRiver → Waal ⓘ
Meuse → tributary → Waal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Waal (historically via distributary system)
Rijn → hasPart → Waal ⓘ
Battle of Nijmegen (September 1944) → hasLocation → Waal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Waal River
Snelbinder (rail and cycle bridge) → crosses → Waal ⓘ
Snelbinder (rail and cycle bridge) → locatedOnWatercourse → Waal ⓘ
Amsterdam–Rhine Canal → connects → Waal ⓘ
Nijmegen Lent railway station → near → Waal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Waal River
Valkhof Museum → locatedNear → Waal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Waal River
Lent → locatedOnRiver → Waal ⓘ
De Oversteek → river → Waal ⓘ
Kronenburgerpark → locatedNear → Waal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Waal river
Stevenskerk (St. Steven’s Church) → hasViewOver → Waal ⓘ
subject surface form: Stevenskerk
this entity surface form: Waal River
Tiel → locatedOnRiver → Waal ⓘ
Waalbrug → river → Waal ⓘ
Rhine–Meuse river system → hasOutflowDistributary → Waal ⓘ
Eindhoven–Nijmegen–Arnhem corridor → hasRiverCrossing → Waal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Waal River
Martinus Nijhoff Bridge → river → Waal ⓘ
Herwijnen → locatedOnRiver → Waal ⓘ
Batavian Island → boundedBy → Waal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Waal River
Ooijpolder → locatedAlong → Waal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Waal River
Pannerdens Kanaal → connectsWith → Waal ⓘ
Pannerdens Kanaal → mouthRiver → Waal ⓘ
Pannerdens Kanaal → regulatesFlowBetween → Waal ⓘ
Tacitus Bridge → spans → Waal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Waal river channel
Betuwe → betweenRiver → Waal ⓘ
Dutch inland waterway network → hasPart → Waal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Waal River
Loevestein Castle → locatedNear → Waal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Waal River
municipality of Nijmegen → hasRiver → Waal ⓘ
Nijmegen city hall → near → Waal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Waal River
Waalkade → locatedOnWaterbody → Waal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Waal River
Waalkade → river → Waal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Waal River
Valkhof → overlooks → Waal ⓘ
River Waal → nameInDutch → Waal ⓘ
Weurt lock → locatedOnWaterway → Waal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Waal River
Weurt lock → connectsWaterway → Waal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Waal River
Valkhof Park → overlooks → Waal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Waal River
civitas Batavorum → borderedBy → Waal ⓘ
subject surface form: Civitas Batavorum
this entity surface form: Waal River
Arnhem–Nijmegen metropolitan area → hasRiver → Waal ⓘ
Lent district → locatedOnRiver → Waal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Waal River
Lent district → locatedNorthOf → Waal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Waal River
Stevenskerk Nijmegen → overlooks → Waal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Waal River
Beek-Ubbergen → nearbyWaterBody → Waal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Waal River
Leuth → locatedNear → Waal ⓘ
Ubbergen → locatedNear → Waal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Waal River
Kekerdom → locatedOn → Waal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Waal River
Erlecom → locatedOnRiver → Waal ⓘ
Erlecom → locatedInRiverValley → Waal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Waal river valley