Lys

The Lys or Leie is a river in and , and a left-bank tributary of the . Its source is in , France, and it flows into the river , with the confluence in the city of , Belgium.
Wikipedia
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  • River
  • …lies at an elevation of 7 metres (23 feet)
  • Description: river in France and Belgium, and a left tributary of the Scheldt
  • Also known as
    “De Leie”
    “Golden River”
    “Goudne Riviere”
    “La Lys Rivière”
    “Leie”
    “Leye”
    “Lys River”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sint-Eligiuskerk and Bedevaartoord O.L.V. Ten Dale.
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is a church.
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is a church.
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is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sint-Eloois-Vijve and Wakken.
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is a village.
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is a village and deelgemeente in …
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is a village.

Lys

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Latitude
50.91315° or 50° 54′ 47″ north
Longitude
3.41253° or 3° 24′ 45″ east
Open location code
9F25WC77+72
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1147856315
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­river
Geo­Names ID
2792947
Wiki­data ID
Q208493

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Lys” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Leie”
  • Arabic: “ليس”
  • Asturian: “Ríu Leie”
  • Basque: “Leie”
  • Belarusian: “Лее”
  • Belarusian: “Ліс”
  • Breton: “Leie”
  • Bulgarian: “Лейе”
  • Catalan: “Leie”
  • Catalan: “Riu Leie”
  • Catalan: “Riu Lys”
  • Cebuano: “Lys”
  • Chinese: “利斯河”
  • Chinese: “莱厄河”
  • Chuvash: “Лис”
  • Czech: “Leie”
  • Danish: “Leie”
  • Dutch: “Golden River”
  • Dutch: “Leie (rivier)”
  • Dutch: “Leie”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نهر ليس”
  • Esperanto: “Lejo”
  • Esperanto: “Liso”
  • Estonian: “Leie jõgi”
  • Finnish: “Leie”
  • French: “Leie”
  • French: “Lys”
  • German: “Leie”
  • Greek: “Λέιε”
  • Greek: “Λυς”
  • Hebrew: “לייה”
  • Hungarian: “Leie”
  • Indonesian: “Sungai Lys”
  • Irish: “Leie”
  • Italian: “Leie”
  • Italian: “Lys”
  • Japanese: “ライエ川”
  • Japanese: “リス川”
  • Japanese: “レイエ川”
  • Korean: “레이어강”
  • Ladin: “Leie”
  • Latin: “Legia”
  • Latvian: “Lisa”
  • Lithuanian: “Lejė”
  • Lithuanian: “Lisas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Leie”
  • Macedonian: “Лаје”
  • Macedonian: “Лис”
  • Mazanderani: “لایه روخنه”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Leie”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Elva Lys”
  • Norwegian: “Leie”
  • Persian: “لایه”
  • Picard: “Lys”
  • Polish: “Legia”
  • Polish: “Leie”
  • Portuguese: “Rio leie”
  • Portuguese: “Rio Lys”
  • Romanian: “Lys”
  • Russian: “Лейе”
  • Russian: “Лис”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Lys”
  • Slovak: “Leie”
  • Slovenian: “Leie”
  • Slovenian: “Lys”
  • Spanish: “Leie”
  • Spanish: “rio Leie”
  • Spanish: “río Leie”
  • Spanish: “rio Lys”
  • Spanish: “río Lys”
  • Spanish: “Río Lys”
  • Swedish: “Leie”
  • Thai: “แม่น้ำลิส”
  • Ukrainian: “Лейє”
  • Ukrainian: “Лис”
  • Ukrainian: “Ліс”
  • Venetian: “Fiume Leie”
  • Vlaams: “Golden River”
  • Vlaams: “Goudne Riviere”
  • Vlaams: “Leie”
  • Walloon: “Lys”
  • Western Frisian: “Leie (rivier)”
  • Western Frisian: “Leie”
  • Zeeuws: “Leie”

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