River Lek

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River Lek is a major distributary branch of the Rhine in the central Netherlands, flowing through the provinces of Utrecht and South Holland and playing an important role in regional shipping and water management.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
river Lek 5
River Lek canonical 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf distributary
river
confluenceWith Noord
connectsTo Nederrijn
Nieuwe Maas
Noord
country Netherlands
distributaryOf Rhine
flowsThrough Culemborg NERFINISHED
IJsselstein NERFINISHED
Kinderdijk
surface form: Kinderdijk area

Krimpen aan de Lek
Lopik
Nieuwegein NERFINISHED
Schoonhoven NERFINISHED
South Holland
Utrecht
Vianen
formsWaterBody Nieuwe Maas
hasEconomicImportance port access routes
regional transport
hasFunction drainage channel for Rhine waters
navigation route between Rhine and Rotterdam region
hasInfrastructure bridges
dikes
ferry crossings
locks
weirs
hasNameInDutch Lek
isPartOf Dutch main waterway network
isTidal partly
locatedIn Central Netherlands
surface form: central Netherlands
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Province of South Holland
surface form: province of South Holland

Province of Utrecht
surface form: province of Utrecht
mouthOfWaterBody Nederrijn–Lek system
nearbySite Kinderdijk
surface form: Kinderdijk UNESCO World Heritage Site
partOf European inland waterway network
Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta
riverSystem Rhine
separates Alblasserwaard region
surface form: Alblasserwaard

Vijfheerenlanden
usedFor commercial navigation
flood control
freshwater distribution
inland shipping
water management
waterManagementAuthority Rijkswaterstaat
surface form: Dutch Rijkswaterstaat

Referenced by (7)

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

Vianen locatedOn River Lek
Vianen locatedNear River Lek
Windmill at Wijk bij Duurstede depicts River Lek
this entity surface form: river Lek
Dutch Water Line follows River Lek
this entity surface form: river Lek
Lopik locatedOn River Lek
this entity surface form: river Lek
municipality of Vijfheerenlanden traversedBy River Lek
subject surface form: Vijfheerenlanden
this entity surface form: river Lek
Bergambacht locatedOn River Lek
this entity surface form: river Lek