Maas-Waal canal

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canal waterway

The Maas-Waal Canal is a major Dutch waterway in the province of Gelderland that connects the River Meuse (Maas) to the River Waal, facilitating inland shipping and regional water management.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Maas-Waal Canal 1
Maas-Waal canal canonical 1
Maas–Waal Canal 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf canal ⓘ
waterway ⓘ
basinCountry Netherlands ⓘ
connectsRiverSystem Meuse basin ⓘ
surface form: Meuse river system

Rhine–Meuse river system ⓘ
surface form: Rhine river system
connectsWith Maas ⓘ
River Meuse ONNED1 ⓘ
River Waal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Waal NERFINISHED ⓘ
constructionStart 1920s ⓘ
country Netherlands ⓘ
crossesMunicipality Heumen ⓘ
Nijmegen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wijchen NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasBridge Alverna railway bridge ⓘ
Hatertsebrug ⓘ
Neerbosschebrug ⓘ
Prins Mauritssingel bridge ⓘ
hasFunction improves navigability between southern Netherlands and German hinterland ⓘ
relieves traffic on the River Waal ⓘ
short-cut between Meuse and Waal ⓘ
hasLock Heumen lock ⓘ
Weurt lock ⓘ
surface form: Weurt locks
hasTowpath yes ⓘ
isPartOfCorridor Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt inland shipping corridor ⓘ
length about 8.4 miles ⓘ
approximately 13.5 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn Betuwe region vicinity ⓘ
eastern Netherlands ⓘ
province of Gelderland NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear Nijmegen ⓘ
surface form: city of Nijmegen

city of Wijchen ⓘ
village of Heumen ⓘ
village of Weurt ⓘ
mouthLocation River Waal near Nijmegen ⓘ
navigationClass large Rhine–Meuse cargo vessels ⓘ
opened 1927 ⓘ
operator Rijkswaterstaat ⓘ
partOf Dutch inland waterway network ⓘ
regionServed Gelderland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nijmegen urban region NERFINISHED ⓘ
sourceLocation River Meuse near Heumen ⓘ
use flood control support ⓘ
inland shipping ⓘ
navigation ⓘ
regional water management ⓘ
waterManagementRole distribution of Meuse water to Waal system ⓘ
regulation of water levels ⓘ
waterwayType inland shipping canal ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Heumen → locatedOn → Maas-Waal canal ⓘ
Dutch inland waterway network → hasPart → Maas-Waal canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maas–Waal Canal
Weurt lock → nearbyWaterway → Maas-Waal canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maas–Waal canal
Dukenburg → hasWaterBodyNearby → Maas-Waal canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maas-Waal Canal