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Yser
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The Yser ( , ; ) is a river that rises in French Flanders (the north of France), enters the Belgian province of West Flanders and flows through the Ganzepoot and into the North Sea at the town of Nieuwpoort.
Key facts
- River.name
- Yser
- River.image
- Diksmuide - Polders - IJzer.jpg
- River.image_caption
- The Yser and West Flemish polders near Diksmuide
- River.map
- Yser (fleuve).png
- River.source1_location
- Nord
- River.mouth_location
- North Sea
- River.subdivision_type1
- Countries
- River.subdivision_name1
- Belgium and France
via Wikipedia infobox
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- Commons category
- Yser
- mouth of the watercourse
- North Sea
- watershed area
- 1101
- discharge
- 15.0
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Basin
- History
- Etymology
- Tributaries
- References
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The Yser ( , ; ) is a river that rises in French Flanders (the north of France), enters the Belgian province of West Flanders and flows through the Ganzepoot and into the North Sea at the town of Nieuwpoort.
The source of the Yser is in Buysscheure (Buisscheure), in the Nord department of northern France. It flows through Bollezeele (Bollezele), Esquelbecq (Ekelsbeke), and Bambecque (Bambeke). After approximately of its course, it leaves France and enters Belgium. It then flows through Diksmuide and out into the North Sea at Nieuwpoort.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yser” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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