The Zwarte Water ("Black Water") is a
river
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in the
Dutch
Dutch commonly refers to:
* Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands
* Dutch people ()
* Dutch language ()
Dutch may also refer to:
Places
* Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States
* Pennsylvania Dutch Country
People E ...
province
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of
Overijssel
Overijssel (, ; nds, Oaveriessel ; german: Oberyssel) is a Provinces of the Netherlands, province of the Netherlands located in the eastern part of the country. The province's name translates to "across the IJssel", from the perspective of the ...
. It is formed just south of the
city
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of
Zwolle
Zwolle () is a city and municipality in the Northeastern Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of Overijssel and the province's second-largest municipality after Enschede with a population of 130,592 as of 1 December 2021. Zwolle is o ...
when two streams, the
Soestwetering and the
Nieuwe Wetering, merge. The Zwarte Water then flows north through Zwolle, bends to the northeast, takes in the
Vecht near
Hasselt and flows past the
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
of
Zwartsluis
Zwartsluis is a small city in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It is located in the municipality of Zwartewaterland, at the mouth of the Zwarte Water river and the .
History
Zwartsluis's history started in the Eighty Years' War (1568–164 ...
to discharge itself in the
Zwarte Meer Zwarte is the Dutch word for black and may refer to:
*Zwarte Piet, companion of Saint Nicholas in the folklore and legends of the Netherlands and Flanders
*The Zwarte Water, a Dutch river
*The Étangs Noirs/Zwarte Vijvers metro station, a Brussels ...
("Black
Lake
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", connected to the
IJsselmeer lake) near
Genemuiden
Genemuiden is a city located in the north western part of the Province of Overijssel. It received city rights in 1275, which is also the first time Genemuiden gets mentioned in history.Frits David Zeiler (2007) ''Genemuiden, een zorgenkind van de b ...
.
Contrary to popular belief, the Zwarte Water is not an IJssel branch, nor is it another name for the Vecht. The river is, however, connected to the IJssel by two
canal
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s, the
Willemsvaart (dug in the early nineteenth century, now disused) and the
Zwolle-IJssel Canal.
Rivers of Overijssel
Zwolle
Zwartewaterland
Rivers of the Netherlands
Tributaries of the IJsselmeer