Lek

The Lek is a river in the western of some 60 km in length. It is the continuation of the Nederrijn after the branches off at the town of .
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Photo: China Crisis, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Wilhelminakerk, Ridderkerk and Kleine Zaag.

Church
Photo: Avertje, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a church.

Nature reserve
Photo: Trougnouf, CC BY 4.0.
is a nature reserve.

Cemetery
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is a cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kinderdijk and Slikkerveer.

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a village in the polder of the . It's a popular, yet authentic, tourist destination for its large network of windmills. They received recognition as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997.

Village
is a in the municipality of , . In 2004, 8550 people lived in . It is located about 6 km east-southeast of the city of .

Village
Photo: Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village on the Lek River in the municipality of , province of , the . It had 6,607 inhabitants in 2008.

Lek

Latitude
51.88948° or 51° 53′ 22″ north
Longitude
4.62208° or 4° 37′ 20″ east
Elevation
-2 metres (-7 feet)
Open location code
9F36VJQC+QR
Geo­Names ID
2751747
Wiki­data ID
Q1143852
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Lek” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ليك”
  • Asturian: “Ríu Lek”
  • Catalan: “Lek”
  • Cebuano: “Lek”
  • Chinese: “莱克河”
  • Chinese: “萊克河”
  • Chuvash: “Лек”
  • Dutch: “De Lek”
  • Dutch: “Lek (rivier)”
  • Dutch: “Lek”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نهر ليك”
  • Esperanto: “Lek”
  • Estonian: “Lek”
  • French: “Lek”
  • Georgian: “ლეკი”
  • German: “Lek”
  • Italian: “Lek”
  • Japanese: “レク川”
  • Japanese: “レック川”
  • Korean: “레크강”
  • Korean: “렉강”
  • Latin: “Lecca”
  • Latvian: “Leka”
  • Limburgan: “Lek”
  • Mazanderani: “لک روخنه”
  • Mingrelian: “ლეკი”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lek”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Elva Lek”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lek”
  • Norwegian: “Lek”
  • Polish: “Lek”
  • Portuguese: “Rio Leica”
  • Portuguese: “Rio Lek”
  • Russian: “Лек”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Lek (rukavac)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Lek”
  • Slovenian: “Lek”
  • Spanish: “Río Lek”
  • Swedish: “Lek”
  • Swiss German: “Lek”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Lek”
  • Ukrainian: “Лек (річка)”
  • Ukrainian: “Лек”
  • Vlaams: “Lek”
  • Welsh: “Afon Lek”
  • Western Frisian: “Lek”
  • “Lek”

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