The Amsterdam–Rhine Canal was dug to give Amsterdam a direct connection to the Rhine, and the North Sea Canal was dug to give the port a shorter connection to the North Sea.
- AmsterdamDuisburg is the home of Europe's largest inland port and functions as a hub to the sea ports of Rotterdam, Antwerp and Amsterdam.
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Netherlands
3 linksCountry located in Northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean.
Country located in Northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean.
The four largest cities in the Netherlands are Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague and Utrecht.
From a regional point of view, Niderlant was also the area between the Meuse and the lower Rhine in the late Middle Ages.
Rotterdam
3 linksSecond largest city and municipality in the Netherlands.
Second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands.
The Rhine, Meuse and Scheldt give waterway access into the heart of Western Europe, including the highly industrialized Ruhr.
There is a healthy competition with Amsterdam, which is often viewed as the cultural capital of the Netherlands.
Utrecht
3 linksFourth-largest city and a municipality of the Netherlands, capital and most populous city of the province of Utrecht.
Fourth-largest city and a municipality of the Netherlands, capital and most populous city of the province of Utrecht.
It was the most important city in the Netherlands until the Dutch Golden Age, when it was surpassed by Amsterdam as the country's cultural centre and most populous city.
To consolidate the border, the Limes Germanicus defense line was constructed along the main branch of the river Rhine, which at that time traversed a more northern route (now known as the Kromme Rijn) compared to today's Rhine flow.
North Sea
2 linksSea of the Atlantic Ocean between Great Britain, Norway, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and France.
Sea of the Atlantic Ocean between Great Britain, Norway, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and France.
The largest and most important rivers flowing into the North Sea are the Elbe and the Rhine – Meuse.
The North Sea Canal connects Amsterdam with the North Sea.
Amsterdam–Rhine Canal
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The Amsterdam–Rhine Canal (Dutch: Amsterdam-Rijnkanaal) is a canal in the Netherlands that was built to connect the port and capital city of Amsterdam to the main shipping artery of the Rhine.
IJssel
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The IJssel (Iessel(t) ) is a Dutch distributary of the river Rhine that flows northward and ultimately discharges into the IJsselmeer (before the 1932 completion of the Afsluitdijk known as the Zuiderzee), a North Sea natural harbour.
It seems that the firmly below-sea-level excoriations in the far north (the Groote Vliet) by Medemblik and the IJ (near Amsterdam) were all deep parts of the same body of water in the height of the Roman Warm Period and Medieval Dark Age sea rises (transgressions).