Lek River

Lek River

Geobox River
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image_caption = The Lek River near Jaarsveld.
country = The Netherlands
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state = Utrecht
state1 = South Holland
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source_name = Nederrijn
source_location = Wijk bij Duurstede
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mouth_name = Nieuwe Maas
mouth_location = Kinderdijk
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map_caption = Location of Lek in dark blue.

The Lek is a river in the western Netherlands of some 60 km in length. It is the continuation of the Nederrijn after the Kromme Rijn branches off at the town of Wijk bij Duurstede. The main westbound waterway is hereafter called Lek River. The Nederrijn in turn is a distributary branch of river Rhine.

The name "Lek" is derived from the Middle Dutch words "lake" and "leek", meaning "watercourse". [ [http://www.filatop.nl/content/view/79/67/ Uitgeverij Filatop - Nieuw Lekkerland] ]

Portions of the river form the boundary between the provinces of Utrecht and Gelderland, and between Utrecht and South Holland.

In Roman times, the Nederrijn flowed into the Kromme Rijn and these streams were the main outflow of the river Rhine. When the Kromme Rijn began to silt up in the Middle Ages, the Lek became the primary branch. A short distance past Wijk bij Duurstede, the river intersects with the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal, which continues south towards the Waal. A branch of this canal, the "Lekkanaal" (Lek Canal) is connected to the river at the town of Nieuwegein.

Other major towns on its banks are Culemborg, Vianen, Schoonhoven, Nieuw-Lekkerland and Lekkerkerk. The bed of the river lies slightly higher than the surrounding lands and dikes are therefore essential to contain the Lek. At the village of Kinderdijk the Lek meets the Noord River and the combined stream is thereafter known as the Nieuwe Maas as it flows down towards the North Sea.

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External links

* [http://imageofholland.filternet.nl/Lek/lekframe.htm Pictures of the river Lek]


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