Nete (river)

Nete
Nete
	Grote Nete
Location
Country	Belgium
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Lier
• coordinates	51°07′53″N 4°34′53″E / 51.1315°N 4.5813°E
Mouth
• location	Rupel
• coordinates	51°04′25″N 4°25′12″E / 51.0735°N 4.4201°E
Length	98 km (61 mi) (Nete 13 km, Grote Nete 85 km)
Basin size	1,673 km2 (646 sq mi)
Basin features
Progression	Rupel→ Scheldt→ North Sea

The Grote Nete near Heist-op-den-Berg

The Nete (Dutch pronunciation:

Dijle in Rumst

to form the river Rupel. It drains nearly 60% of Antwerp province.

Grote Nete

The Grote Nete (Big Nete) river is about 85 km long [2] and has its source near Hechtel in the Belgian province of Limburg. It flows in western direction along the towns Geel, Westerlo and Heist-op-den-Berg before joining the Kleine Nete in Lier. Its main tributaries are the Molse Nete [nl] near Geel, the Grote Laak [nl; sv] near Westerlo, and the Wimp [nl] near Herenthout.

Kleine Nete

The Kleine Nete (Small Nete) river is about 50 km long

Antwerp. North of the Grote Nete flows in south-western direction along the towns Herentals and Nijlen before joining the Grote Nete in Lier. Tributaries, all coming from the North, include the Wamp [nl] near Kasterlee, the Aa [nl] near Grobbendonk, and the Molenbeek-Bollaak [nl] near Nijlen

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History

During the French occupation of the Southern Netherlands (1792–1815) there was a département named after the river Nete, see Deux-Nèthes.

Natural landscapes

On the valley of the Grote Nete lies the Scheps natural landscape, between Olmen and Scheps.

References

^ Het Netebekken
^ ^a ^b ^c Ingrid Baten & Willy Huybrechts, De historische bedding van de bevaarbare Nete, 2002, page 7

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[1] Het Netebekken

[ibwh-2] Ingrid Baten & Willy Huybrechts, De historische bedding van de bevaarbare Nete, 2002, page 7

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