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Nederrijn

Dutch portion of the Rhine river

Field	Value
name	Nederrijn
image	Arnhem Nederrijn ochtend apr04.jpg
image_caption	Nederrijn near Arnhem
map	Location Nederrijn vanaf Kandia.png
map_size	250px
map_caption	Location of the Nederrijn
pushpin_map_size	250px
subdivision_type1	Country
subdivision_name1	Netherlands
subdivision_type3	Region
subdivision_name3	Gelderland
length	50 km
source1	Pannerdens Kanaal
source1_location	Huissen, Gelderland, Netherlands
source1_coordinates
mouth	Lek
mouth_location	Wijk bij Duurstede, Utrecht, Netherlands
mouth_coordinates

thumb|right|300px|Course of the Nederrijn

The Nederrijn (; "Lower Rhine"; distinct from the Lower Rhine or Niederrhein further upstream) is the Dutch part of the Rhine from the confluence at the town of Angeren of the cut-off Rhine bend of Oude Rijn (Gelderland) and the Pannerdens Kanaal (which was dug to form the new connection between the Waal and Nederrijn branches). The city of Arnhem lies on the right (north) bank of the Nederrijn, just past the point where the IJssel branches off. The Nederrijn flows on to the city of Wijk bij Duurstede, from where it continues as the Lek. The once-important but now small Kromme Rijn branch (in Roman times part of the Limes Germanicus and border river of the Roman Empire) carries the name "Rhine" towards the city of Utrecht.

From the city of Utrecht, the Kromme Rijn forks into the Vecht to the north, and into the Oude Rijn (Utrecht and South Holland) to the west. The first part is channelised and known as the Leidse Rijn (Leiden Rhine). After the railway bridge near Harmelen (municipality Woerden) it is known as the Oude Rijn, flowing westward to the North Sea.

In order to regulate the distribution of drainage between the different branches of the Rhine, several dams have been constructed. If the dams were to be closed, there would be little flow in the Nederrijn and most of the water would be drained by the IJssel. As for the Old Rhine, there is a pumping station near the North Sea that protects the river from sea tides and silting.

Bridges over the Nederrijn are in Arnhem (railway and three road bridges), in Heteren (A50) and Rhenen. Ferries are found near Doorwerth, Wageningen, Opheusden, Elst and Amerongen.

History

In 1530, the Rhine near Arnhem was moved, a project that was completed in 1536. The city, which originated along the St. Jansbeek ("St. John's Brook'), could develop better now that it was closer to the river, and was also more easily defended against Habsburg expansionism into Guelders.

Gallery

File:John Frostbrug.jpg|Nederrijn at Arnhem File:Nederrijn.jpg|Nederrijn near Renkum File:Wenceslas Hollar - Wageningen.jpg|Plate made by Wenzel Hollar 1607-1677 File:Wageningen 1730.png|Wageningen 1730 File:Le Rhin à Wageningen.jpg|Panorama near Wageningen File:Rhine at Wagenigen.jpg|Nederrijn near Wageningen File:Weir_near_amerongen_NL.jpg|Weir near Amerongen File:Nederrijn.WijkBijDuurstede.jpg|The last stretch of the Nederrijn, near Wijk bij Duurstede

References

"Rijn (Nederrijn) - informatie en waterdata".

Info: Wikipedia Source

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