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Waal River
river, Netherlands
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physiography of
- Gelderland
- In Gelderland
…is watered by the Rhine, Waal, and Maas (Meuse) rivers. In the east are some isolated hills and a sandy, wooded stretch south of Nijmegen, the province’s largest town. The fertile marshy area of the Betuwe (“Good Land”), between the Rhine and the Waal, supports orchards (cherries and apples), market…
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- In Gelderland
- Netherlands
- In Netherlands: Drainage and dikes
Waal, and Maas (Meuse)—that flow from east to west through the central part of the country. The landscape in this area is characterized by high dikes along wide rivers, orchards along the levees formed by the rivers, and numerous large bridges over which pass the…
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- In Netherlands: Drainage and dikes