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Zijl
Sign in to savethumb|250x250px|Recreational boating on the Zijl; in the background, the Boterhuispolder.
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- Instance of
- river
- Country
- Netherlands
- Located in
- Leiden
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- Netherlands, Zijl (3).JPG
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- Kagerplassen
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- Management and canalization in the 1930s
- Names
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thumb|250x250px|Recreational boating on the Zijl; in the background, the Boterhuispolder.
The Zijl (formerly known as Zyl) is a short river in the Dutch province of South Holland that connects the Old Rhine (Oude Rijn) with the Kagerplassen. The Zijl flows in a south–north direction and is only 4.56 kilometers long, running from the Spanjaardsbrug in the city of Leiden to the Kager plas Zweiland. There are two islands in the Zijl: Zijleiland and Boterhuiseiland. The northern section was previously referred to as the Rechte Zijl, while the southern part was known as the Kromme Zijl.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zijl” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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