Inverted siphon
A siphon is any of a wide variety of devices that involve the flow of liquids through tubes. In a narrower sense, the word refers particularly to a tube in an inverted "U" shape, which causes a liquid to flow upward, above the surface of a reservoir, with…- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: pipes that must dip below an obstruction to form a ‘U’ shaped flow path
- Also known as: “inverted siphon” and “Waterkruising / Onderlijder”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Aarlanderveen Molen No.2 and Aarlanderveen Molen No.1.
Aarlanderveen Molen No.2
Windmill
Photo: Michiel1972, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aarlanderveen Molen No.2 is a windmill, which is situated 380 metres northeast of Inverted siphon.
Aarlanderveen Molen No.1
Windmill
Photo: Michiel1972, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aarlanderveen Molen No.1 is a windmill, which is situated 670 metres northeast of Inverted siphon.
Aarlanderveen Molen No.3
Windmill
Photo: Michiel1972, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aarlanderveen Molen No.3 is a windmill, which is situated 1 km southwest of Inverted siphon.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aarlanderveen and Zwammerdam.
Aarlanderveen
Village
Photo: Quistnix, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Aarlanderveen is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Alphen aan den Rijn, and lies about 4 km east of Alphen aan den Rijn.
Zwammerdam
Village
Photo: Arch, Public domain.
Zwammerdam is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland along Oude Rijn river. It is a part of the municipality of Alphen aan den Rijn, and lies about 6 km southeast of Alphen aan de Rijn.
Zuideinde
Hamlet
Zuideinde is a hamlet in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Nieuwkoop, and lies about 7 km east of Alphen aan den Rijn. Zuideinde is situated 3 km east of Inverted siphon.
Inverted siphon
- Categories: penstock, culvert, and tourism
- Location: Alphen aan den Rijn, Groene Hart, South Holland, Western Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
52.12395° or 52° 7′ 26″ northLongitude
4.71912° or 4° 43′ 9″ eastOpen location code
9F464PF9+HJOpenStreetMap ID
node 3816774664OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q1425971
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Western Frisian—“Inverted siphon” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Sifoi alderantzikatu”
- Chinese: “倒虹吸管”
- Chinese: “倒虹管”
- Czech: “shybka”
- Czech: “Shybka”
- Dutch: “gebogen duiker”
- Dutch: “grondduiker”
- Dutch: “grondpomp”
- Dutch: “onderleider”
- Dutch: “Onderleider”
- Dutch: “sifon”
- Estonian: “Düüker”
- French: “siphon inversé”
- French: “Siphon inversé”
- German: “Dücker”
- German: “Düker”
- Japanese: “伏せ越し”
- Kazakh: “Дюкер”
- Latvian: “dīķeris”
- Latvian: “Dīķeris”
- Latvian: “zemteka”
- Lithuanian: “Diukeris”
- Russian: “дюкер”
- Russian: “Дюкер”
- Slovenian: “obrnjeni sifon”
- Spanish: “Alcantarilla”
- Spanish: “Sifón invertido”
- Ukrainian: “Дюкер”
- Uzbek: “Dyuker”
- Western Frisian: “Dûker (keunstwurk)”
- Western Frisian: “Grûndûker”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Aarlanderveen Molen No.4 and Spuipunt Molenviergang.
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