IJssel
The IJssel is a Dutch distributary of the river Rhine that flows northward and ultimately discharges into the IJsselmeer, a North Sea natural harbour. It more immediately flows into the east-south channel around the Flevopolder, Flevoland which is kept at 3 metres below sea level.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Distributary
- Description: branch of the Rhine in the Netherlands
- Also known as: “Geldersche IJsel” and “Gelderse IJssel”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Eilandbrug and Ramspoltoren.
Ramspoltoren
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Famberhorst, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ramspoltoren is a scenic viewpoint, which is situated 3½ km north of IJssel.
Schokkerplaat
Islet
Photo: Reiziger82, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Schokkerplaat is an islet, which is situated 3½ km northwest of IJssel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kampen and Grafhorst.
Kampen
Kampen is a Hanzestad at the mouth of the river IJssel, a few kilometres from the IJsselmeer in the far northwest of the Dutch province of Overijssel.
Grafhorst
Village
Grafhorst is a small city about 3 km north of Kampen, in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It received city rights in 1333 from Jan van Diest, the Prince-Bishop of Utrecht. Grafhorst is situated 6 km east of IJssel.
Ketelhaven
Hamlet
Photo: Milliped, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ketelhaven is a hamlet, which is situated 6 km west of IJssel.
IJssel
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Frisian—“IJssel” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “آيسل”
- Asturian: “Ríu IJssel”
- Basque: “IJssel”
- Belarusian: “Эйсел”
- Breton: “IJssel”
- Breton: “IJssel”
- Catalan: “Ijseel”
- Catalan: “IJssel”
- Cebuano: “IJssel (distributariyo sa Olanda)”
- Cebuano: “IJssel”
- Chinese: “艾瑟尔河”
- Chinese: “艾瑟爾河”
- Chuvash: “Эйссел”
- Czech: “IJssel”
- Danish: “Gelderske IJssel”
- Danish: “IJsel”
- Danish: “IJssel”
- Danish: “IJssel”
- Danish: “Rechterdiep”
- Dutch: “Geldersche IJssel”
- Dutch: “Gelderse IJssel”
- Dutch: “Hisla”
- Dutch: “IJsel”
- Dutch: “IJssel”
- Dutch: “IJssel”
- Dutch: “Rechterdiep”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر آيسل”
- Esperanto: “IJssel”
- Esperanto: “Isalo”
- Esperanto: “Iselo”
- Estonian: “IJssel”
- Estonian: “IJssel”
- Finnish: “IJssel”
- French: “IJssel”
- French: “IJssel”
- French: “Yssel”
- Galician: “Río IJssel”
- Georgian: “ეისელი”
- German: “Eissel”
- German: “Geldersche Issel”
- German: “IJssel”
- German: “Yssel”
- Hebrew: “אייסל”
- Hebrew: “איסל”
- Hebrew: “גלדרסה אייסל”
- Indonesian: “Sungai IJssel”
- Irish: “IJssel”
- Italian: “IJssel maggiore”
- Italian: “IJssel”
- Japanese: “アイセル川”
- Korean: “에이설강”
- Ladin: “IJssel”
- Latin: “Isala”
- Limburgan: “IJsel”
- Limburgan: “IJssel”
- Lithuanian: “Eiselis”
- Low German: “Iesel”
- Low German: “Iessel”
- Low German: “Iesselt”
- Luxembourgish: “Ijssel”
- Macedonian: “Ајсел”
- Macedonian: “Ејсел”
- Mazanderani: “ایسل”
- Mingrelian: “ეისელი”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “IJssel”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “IJssel”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “IJssel”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “IJssel”
- Norwegian: “IJssel”
- Persian: “رودخانه ایسل”
- Polish: “IJssel”
- Polish: “IJssel”
- Portuguese: “IJssel”
- Portuguese: “Isala”
- Portuguese: “Issel”
- Portuguese: “Rio Issel”
- Romanian: “IJssel”
- Russian: “ИЙссель”
- Russian: “Новый Эйсель”
- Russian: “Эйсел”
- Russian: “Эйсель”
- Russian: “Эйссел”
- Serbo-Croatian: “IJssel”
- Slovenian: “IJssel”
- Spanish: “IJssel”
- Spanish: “Rio IJssel”
- Spanish: “Río IJssel”
- Spanish: “Río Isala”
- Swedish: “IJssel”
- Swedish: “IJssel”
- Turkish: “IJssel”
- Ukrainian: “Ейссел”
- Venetian: “Fiume IJssel”
- Vlaams: “Yssel”
- Welsh: “Afon IJssel”
- Western Frisian: “Isel”
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