Boven Rijn
Boven Rijn is a distributary in Netherlands. Boven Rijn is situated nearby to the village Achterberg, as well as near the hamlet Laareind.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Rhenen Ouwehands Dierenpark and Laarschenberg.
Rhenen Ouwehands Dierenpark
Zoo
Photo: Robert 1990, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ouwehands Dierenpark is a zoo in Rhenen, in the Dutch province of Utrecht. The zoo is located on the Laarschenberg, a "mountain" that makes up the south-eastern tip of the great Utrecht Hill Ridge.
Laarschenberg
Nature reserve
Photo: HendrikHeuvelrug, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Laarschenberg is a nature reserve.
Rhenen railway station
Railway station
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Rhenen is a railway station located in Rhenen, Netherlands. The station was opened on 18 February 1886 and is located on the Kesteren–Amersfoort railway.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Achterberg and Rhenen.
Achterberg
Village
Photo: Yaroslav Blanter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Achterberg is a village in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is part of the municipality of Rhenen and it lies about 5 km west of Wageningen. The village was first mentioned in 1417 as Achterbergh, and means " behind the hill".
Rhenen
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Rhenen is a municipality of 20,000 people in Utrecht. The city is best known for Ouwehands Dierenpark, which is one of the most popular zoos of the Netherlands, and for the Grebbeberg national memorial.
Kesteren
Village
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Kesteren is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of Neder-Betuwe, and lies about 8 km southwest of Wageningen. Kesteren is situated 3½ km south of Boven Rijn.
Boven Rijn
- Type: Distributary
- Also known as: “Boven Ryn” and “Upper Rhine”
- Category: body of water
- Location: Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
51.96667° or 51° 58′ northLongitude
5.58333° or 5° 35′ eastElevation
18 metres (59 feet)Open location code
9F37XH8M+M8GeoNames ID
2758483
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Localities in the Area
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