River Zenne
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The River Zenne is a small Belgian river that flows through Brussels and surrounding towns, historically shaping the region’s development and urban landscape.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| river Zenne (Drogenbos stream) | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | river ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Senne
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Zenne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedProtectedArea | Zenne Valley nature and landscape areas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Brussels–Charleroi Canal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basinCountry | Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Belgium ⓘ |
| crosses | Brussels city centre underground ⓘ |
| drainageBasinIncludes | Brussels metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| environmentalIssue | wastewater discharge ⓘ |
| environmentalManagement | subject to Brussels wastewater treatment projects ⓘ |
| etymology | name related to Germanic root for water or flowing ⓘ |
| flowsInto | Dyle at Kampenhout-Sas area ⓘ |
| flowsThrough |
Anderlecht
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Brussels NERFINISHED ⓘ Halle NERFINISHED ⓘ Lembeek NERFINISHED ⓘ Molenbeek-Saint-Jean NERFINISHED ⓘ Schaerbeek NERFINISHED ⓘ Vilvoorde NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
heavily canalised in Brussels
ⓘ
largely covered in central Brussels ⓘ |
| hasCulturalReference | inspired the name of the Senne beer style (lambic region) ⓘ |
| hasTributary |
Broekbeek
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Maelbeek NERFINISHED ⓘ Neerpedebeek NERFINISHED ⓘ Vogelzangbeek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasValley | Zenne Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalEvent | covered over in central Brussels between 1867 and 1871 ⓘ |
| historicallyInfluenced |
industrialisation of Brussels
ⓘ
urban development of Brussels ⓘ |
| knownFor | pollution problems in 19th and 20th centuries ⓘ |
| languageVariant |
Dutch: Zenne
ⓘ
French: Senne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| length | about 103 km ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Brussels-Capital Region
ⓘ
Flemish Brabant NERFINISHED ⓘ Walloon Brabant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mouthOf | Dyle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parallelInfrastructure | Brussels–Charleroi Canal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Scheldt basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Central Belgium ⓘ |
| sourceLocation |
Hainaut
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
near Naast ⓘ |
| tributaryOf | Dyle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| urbanPlanningImpact |
influenced layout of central boulevards in Brussels
ⓘ
led to covering of river in 19th century ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
river Zenne (Drogenbos stream)