Five Brothers and a War

Geography—Rivers and Water

After the Rhein flows into Holland, intact, it immediately branches into two rivers, the Nederrijn (“Nether Rhine”) and the Waal , then it branches again into the IJssel , immediately before the city of Arnhem.

Nederrijn

Waal

Rhein

holland

IJssel

Nederrijn

About 10 km (6 miles) past the split between the Waal and the Nederrijn, the Nederrijn splits again. It flows westward from the lower right to the upper left through Arnhem, and the IJssel River flows north to the upper right.

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