Weurt lock

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Weurt lock is a major Dutch navigation lock complex near Nijmegen that regulates water levels and ship traffic between the Waal River and the Amsterdam–Rhine Canal.

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Label Occurrences
Weurt lock canonical 1
Weurt locks 1

Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf navigation lock complex
waterway infrastructure
connectsWaterway Amsterdam–Rhine Canal
Waal
surface form: Waal River
country Netherlands
function flood control
navigation
water level management
hasNameInLanguage Sluis Weurt
hasPart control building
gates
lock chambers
weirs
isMajorInfrastructureFor Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta
surface form: Rhine–Meuse delta
languageOfName Dutch
locatedIn Weurt NERFINISHED
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory municipality of Nijmegen
province of Gelderland
locatedInRiverBasin Rhine River Basin
surface form: Rhine basin
locatedNear Nijmegen
locatedOnWaterway Waal
surface form: Waal River
maintainedBy Rijkswaterstaat
navigationCategory inland waterway lock
nearbyCity Nijmegen
nearbyWaterway Maas-Waal canal
surface form: Maas–Waal canal
openingYear 20th century
partOf Amsterdam–Rhine Canal
surface form: Amsterdam–Rhine Canal system

Dutch inland waterway network
regulates ship traffic
water levels
servesCity Nijmegen
servesRegion eastern Netherlands
strategicImportance regulates access between Waal River and Amsterdam–Rhine Canal
usedFor barge traffic
cargo transport
commercial shipping
inland shipping
waterwayRole bypass for Rhine river shipping via Amsterdam–Rhine Canal

Referenced by (2)

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

Amsterdam–Rhine Canal hasLock Weurt lock
Maas-Waal canal hasLock Weurt lock
subject surface form: Maas-Waal Canal
this entity surface form: Weurt locks