Lek
The Lek is a river in the western Netherlands of some 60 km in length. It is the continuation of the Nederrijn after the Kromme Rijn branches off at the town of Wijk bij Duurstede.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Wilhelminakerk, Ridderkerk and Kleine Zaag.
Wilhelminakerk, Ridderkerk
Church
Photo: Avertje, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wilhelminakerk, Ridderkerk is a church.
Algemene Begraafplaats Krimpen aan de Lek
Cemetery
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Algemene Begraafplaats Krimpen aan de Lek is a cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kinderdijk and Slikkerveer.
Kinderdijk
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Kinderdijk is a village in the Alblasserwaard polder of the Netherlands. 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.
Slikkerveer
Village
Slikkerveer is a village in the municipality of Ridderkerk, Netherlands. In 2004, 8550 people lived in Slikkerveer. It is located about 6 km east-southeast of the city of Rotterdam.
Krimpen aan de Lek
Village
Photo: Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Krimpen aan de Lek is a village on the Lek River in the municipality of Krimpenerwaard, province of South Holland, the Netherlands. It had 6,607 inhabitants in 2008.
Lek
- Type: Distributary
- Description: river in the Netherlands
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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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”
- 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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