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Since the beginning of our era, the old course of the Rhine between
Utrecht and Harmelen became increasingly more difficult to navigate. The building of a dam in the Kromme Rijn in 1122 led to a silting up of the old Rhine below Utrecht, especially as it meandered through very flat terrain.
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Under the expansion plans of the
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was dug. When the part
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Eventually the name Leidse Rijn came to be used for the whole section
Utrecht-Harmelen.
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It was dug since the Middle Ages when the meandering old Rhine course silted up.
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Satellite close-up of the
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system of
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The Leidse Rijn has a length of 13 km. Towns along the Leidse Rijn are
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Already in the early Middle Ages (ca. 700) a canal from
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The canal gives its name to the
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243:'s Rhine") is a canal in the province of
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1155:Verdronken Land van Reimerswaal
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80:Physical characteristics
16:River in Utrecht, Netherlands
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340:The Leidse Rijn at Oog in Al
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171: • location
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225:13 km (8.1 mi)
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138:52.09250°N 5.11056°E
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1023:IJsselmonde
1000:Oude IJssel
936:Grevelingen
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823:Grevelingen
808:Haringvliet
774:Nieuwe Maas
734:Oude Maasje
719:Bergse Maas
637:Grevelingen
622:Haringvliet
558:Leidse Rijn
553:Kromme Rijn
531:Nieuwe Maas
324:Leidse Rijn
274:Kromme Rijn
249:Netherlands
237:Leidse Rijn
209: /
197:4°57′48.5″E
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93:Kromme Rijn
64:Netherlands
22:Leidse Rijn
1129:Middelburg
1119:Vlissingen
1011:Peninsulas
605:IJsselmeer
353:References
175:Harmelen,
126:52°05′33″N
1104:Dordrecht
1094:Rotterdam
1068:Walcheren
1018:Rozenburg
901:Eendracht
759:Oude Maas
563:Oude Rijn
516:Oude Maas
481:Nederrijn
369:The Rhine
328:Oog in Al
317:Oude Rijn
286:North Sea
282:Oude Rijn
164:Oude Rijn
129:5°06′38″E
1190:Category
1114:Schiedam
813:Volkerak
627:Volkerak
263:Harmelen
259:De Meern
70:Province
55:Location
1099:Antwerp
931:Krammer
869:Schelde
865:Scheldt
818:Krammer
744:Merwede
632:Krammer
578:Waaltje
496:Merwede
313:Vleuten
303:History
245:Utrecht
109:Utrecht
105:Utrecht
74:Utrecht
60:Country
1058:Tholen
871:Escaut
779:Scheur
536:Scheur
486:IJssel
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222:Length
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704:Meuse
573:Vecht
526:Noord
456:Rhine
159:Mouth
985:Mark
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708:Maas
588:Spui
476:Waal
462:Rhin
460:Rijn
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