- List of rivers of the Netherlands
These are the main
river s of the Netherlands.All of the Netherlands is drained into the
North Sea , partly via theIJsselmeer lake. In the list below, rivers that flow into the sea are sorted following the North Sea coast (including IJsselmeer) from the Belgian border nearKnokke to the German border nearEmden . Rivers that flow into other rivers are sorted by the proximity of their points of confluence to the sea.A large part of the Netherlands is located in the
Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt delta . The network of rivers is rather complex. The main routes of the rivers Scheldt, Meuse and Rhine are indicated in bold.At the end of this article the rivers of the Netherlands are given alphabetically. See also and .
Note for additions: please remember to add the city where the river meets for each river.
*
Western Scheldt /Westerschelde (at Flushing)
**Scheldt /Schelde (near Zandvliet, Belgium)*
Oosterschelde (at Westenschouwen)
**Keeten-Mastgat (at Stavenisse)
***branch ofKrammer (at Bruinisse)*
Grevelingen (at Scharendijke)
**Krammer (at Bruinisse)
***Volkerak (at Oude Tonge)
****Steenbergse Vliet (nearSteenbergen )
****Dintel (at Dintelsas)
*****Mark (in Zevenbergen)
******Aa/Weerijs (in Breda)
****branch ofHollands Diep (at Willemstad)*
Haringvliet (at Stellendam)
**Spui (nearMiddelharnis )
***branch ofOude Maas (atOud-Beijerland )
**Hollands Diep (at Willemstad)
***Dordtsche Kil (atMoerdijk )
****branch ofOude Maas (atDordrecht )
***Nieuwe Merwede (near Lage Zwaluwe)
****branch ofBoven Merwede (inWerkendam )
***Amer (near Lage Zwaluwe)
****Bergse Maas (nearGeertruidenberg )
*****Meuse/Maas (inHeusden )
******Dieze (near's-Hertogenbosch )
*******Aa (in's-Hertogenbosch )
*******Dommel (in's-Hertogenbosch )
********Gender (inEindhoven )
******Niers (inGennep )
******Swalm (inSwalmen )
******Rur /Roer (inRoermond )
*******Wurm (nearHeinsberg , Germany)
******Geleenbeek (nearMaasbracht )
******Geul (nearMeerssen )
******Jeker /Geer (inMaastricht )
******Voer /Fouron (inEijsden )*
Nieuwe Waterweg (atHoek van Holland )
**Scheur (nearMaassluis )
***Nieuwe Maas (nearVlaardingen )
****Schie (inSchiedam )
*****Vliet (inDelft )
****Rotte (inRotterdam )
****Hollandse IJssel (inKrimpen aan den IJssel )
*****Gouwe (inGouda )
******branch of Oude Rijn (inAlphen aan den Rijn )
****Lek (in Krimpen aan de Lek)
*****Nederrijn (inWijk bij Duurstede )
******Pannerdens Kanaal (nearArnhem )
*******branch ofBijlands Kanaal (atMillingen aan de Rijn )
****Noord (in Krimpen aan de Lek)
*****branch ofOude Maas (inDordrecht )
***Oude Maas (nearVlaardingen )
****Beneden Merwede (inDordrecht )
*****Boven Merwede (inWerkendam )
******Linge (inGorinchem )
******Afgedamde Maas (inWoudrichem )
*******branch of Meuse (inHeusden )
******Waal (inWoudrichem )
*******Bijlands Kanaal (atMillingen aan de Rijn )
********Rhine /Rijn (in Tolkamer)*Oude Rijn (into the
North Sea atKatwijk )
**Leidse Rijn (inHarmelen )
***Kromme Rijn (in Utrecht)
****branch ofNederrijn (inWijk bij Duurstede )*
Amstel (into the IJ bay of theIJsselmeer inAmsterdam )
*North Sea Canal (into the IJ bay of the IJsselmeer in Amsterdam)
**Zaan (inZaanstad )
**Spaarne (nearSpaarndam )*Vecht (into the IJsselmeer in
Muiden )
**branch ofKromme Rijn (in Utrecht)*
IJssel (into the IJsselmeer near Kampen)
**Schipbeek (nearDeventer )
**Berkel (inZutphen )
**Oude IJssel (inDoesburg )
**branch ofPannerdens Kanaal (nearArnhem )*
Zwarte Water (into the IJsselmeer nearGenemuiden )
**Vecht (Overijssel) (nearZwolle )
***Regge (nearOmmen )
***Dinkel (inNeuenhaus , Germany)*
Lauwers (in Lauwersoog)*Ems (near
Delfzijl )Alphabetical list
Aa,
Afgedamde Maas ,Amer ,Amstel ,Beneden Merwede ,Bergse Maas ,Berkel ,Bijlands Kanaal ,Boven Merwede ,Dieze ,Dinkel ,Dintel ,Dommel ,Dordtsche Kil , Ems,Geleenbeek , Gender,Geul , Gouwe,Grevelingen ,Haringvliet ,Hollands Diep ,Hollandse IJssel ,IJssel ,Jeker ,Keeten-Mastgat ,Krammer ,Kromme Rijn ,Lauwers , Lek,Linge , Mark, Meuse,Nederrijn ,Niers ,Nieuwe Maas ,Nieuwe Merwede ,Nieuwe Waterweg , Noord,Oosterschelde ,Oude IJssel ,Oude Maas , Oude Rijn,Pannerdens Kanaal , Regge,Rhine ,Rotte ,Rur ,Scheldt ,Scheur ,Schie ,Schipbeek ,Spaarne , Spui,Steenbergse Vliet ,Swalm ,Vecht (Overijssel) ,Vecht (Utrecht) ,Vliet ,Voer ,Volkerak ,Waal ,Western Scheldt ,Wurm ,Zaan ,Zwarte Water
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