Lys River

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river

The Lys River is a waterway in northern France and western Belgium that serves as an important tributary of the Scheldt River and has historically supported regional trade and industry.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Lys River canonical 10
river Lys 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Leie ⓘ
basinCountry Belgium ⓘ
France ⓘ
country Belgium ⓘ
France ⓘ
flowsThrough Armentières ⓘ
Flanders ⓘ
surface form: Belgian Flanders

Comines ⓘ
Flanders ⓘ
French Flanders ⓘ
Ghent ⓘ
Hauts-de-France ⓘ
Kortrijk ⓘ
Wervik ⓘ
formsBorderBetween Belgium ⓘ
France ⓘ
hasBridge Pont d’Armentières ⓘ
hasHistoricalEvent Battle of the Lys (1918) ⓘ
Battle of the Lys (1940) ⓘ
World War I battles along the Lys ⓘ
hasTributary Deûle ⓘ
Lawe ⓘ
Leie Canal ⓘ
historicalUse flax processing ⓘ
inland shipping ⓘ
navigation ⓘ
regional trade ⓘ
textile industry ⓘ
languageOfAlternateName Dutch ⓘ
length 202 kilometres ⓘ
about 125 miles ⓘ
locatedIn northern France ⓘ
western Belgium ⓘ
mouth Scheldt ⓘ
surface form: Scheldt River
mouthLocation Ghent ⓘ
partOf European inland waterway network ⓘ
Scheldt ⓘ
surface form: Scheldt basin
passesNear Métropole Européenne de Lille ⓘ
surface form: Lille metropolitan area
region East Flanders ⓘ
Nord department ⓘ
West Flanders ⓘ
sourceLocation Lisbourg ⓘ
sourceRegion Pas-de-Calais ⓘ
tributaryOf Scheldt ⓘ
surface form: Scheldt River
usedFor inland navigation ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
waterwayClass canalised river ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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

Nord department → hasRiver → Lys River ⓘ
subject surface form: Nord (department)
Deûle River → mouthOfWatercourse → Lys River ⓘ
Deûle River → tributaryOf → Lys River ⓘ
Deûle River → connectsTo → Lys River ⓘ
Armentières → locatedOn → Lys River ⓘ
this entity surface form: river Lys
Gravensteen castle → locatedNear → Lys River ⓘ
subject surface form: Gravensteen
Church of Our Lady, Kortrijk → locatedNear → Lys River ⓘ
Menen → locatedOn → Lys River ⓘ
Thérouanne → river → Lys River ⓘ
Comines → locatedOn → Lys River ⓘ
Comines → hasRiver → Lys River ⓘ