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45 relations: Alkmaar, Amersfoort, Bank (geography), Belgium, Canal, Canal house, Cape Town, Defensive wall, Delft, Deventer, Dordrecht, Drentsche Aa, Dutch language, Frisian languages, Germany, Gouda, South Holland, Grachtengordel, Grave, Groningen, Gronings dialect, Haarlem, Hanseatic League, Hindeloopen, Hoorn, Kampen, Overijssel, Leeuwarden, Leiden, Maritime transport, Meppel, Moat, Municipal charter, Netherlands, One-way traffic, Rural area, Sneek, Storm drain, Table Mountain, Toponymy, UNESCO, Utrecht, Venice, Weesp, William II of Holland, Zutphen, Zwolle.
- Canals
- Water transport infrastructure
- Waterways in the Netherlands
Alkmaar
Alkmaar is a city and municipality in the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland.
Amersfoort
Amersfoort is a city and municipality in the province of Utrecht, Netherlands.
Bank (geography)
In geography, a bank is the land alongside a body of water.
See Gracht and Bank (geography)
Belgium
Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe.
Canal
Canals or artificial waterways are waterways or engineered channels built for drainage management (e.g. flood control and irrigation) or for conveyancing water transport vehicles (e.g. water taxi). Gracht and Canal are canals and water transport infrastructure.
See Gracht and Canal
Canal house
A canal house (grachtenpand) is a (usually old) house overlooking a canal.
Cape Town
Cape Town is the legislative capital of South Africa.
Defensive wall
A defensive wall is a fortification usually used to protect a city, town or other settlement from potential aggressors.
Delft
Delft is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland, Netherlands.
See Gracht and Delft
Deventer
Deventer (Sallands: Daeventer) is a city and municipality in the Salland historical region of the province of Overijssel, Netherlands.
Dordrecht
Dordrecht, historically known in English as Dordt (still colloquially used in Dutch) or Dort, is a city and municipality in the Western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland.
Drentsche Aa
The Drentsche Aa is a river rising in the Dutch province of Drenthe, flowing through Drenthe and for the last part the province of Groningen.
Dutch language
Dutch (Nederlands.) is a West Germanic language, spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language and is the third most spoken Germanic language.
Frisian languages
The Frisian languages are a closely related group of West Germanic languages, spoken by about 400,000 Frisian people, who live on the southern fringes of the North Sea in the Netherlands and Germany.
See Gracht and Frisian languages
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.
Gouda, South Holland
Gouda is a city and municipality in the west of the Netherlands, between Rotterdam and Utrecht, in the province of South Holland.
See Gracht and Gouda, South Holland
Grachtengordel
The Grachtengordel ("canal belt (girdle);" known in English as the Canal District) is a neighborhood in Amsterdam, Netherlands located in the Centrum district.
Grave
A grave is a location where a dead body (typically that of a human, although sometimes that of an animal) is buried or interred after a funeral.
See Gracht and Grave
Groningen
Groningen (Grunn or Grunnen) is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen province in the Netherlands.
Gronings dialect
Gronings (Grunnegs or Grönnegs), is a collective name for some Low Saxon dialects spoken in the province of Groningen and around the Groningen border in Drenthe and Friesland.
See Gracht and Gronings dialect
Haarlem
Haarlem (predecessor of Harlem in English) is a city and municipality in the Netherlands.
Hanseatic League
The Hanseatic League was a medieval commercial and defensive network of merchant guilds and market towns in Central and Northern Europe.
See Gracht and Hanseatic League
Hindeloopen
Hindeloopen (Hylpen; Hindeloopen Frisian: Hielpen) is an old city on the North of the Netherlands on the IJsselmeer.
Hoorn
Hoorn is a city and municipality in the northwest of the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.
See Gracht and Hoorn
Kampen, Overijssel
Kampen is a city and municipality in the province of Overijssel, Netherlands.
See Gracht and Kampen, Overijssel
Leeuwarden
Leeuwarden (longname /; Town Frisian: Liwwadden; Leeuwarder dialect: Leewarden) is a city and municipality in Friesland, Netherlands, with a population of 127,073 (2023).
Leiden
Leiden (in English and archaic Dutch also Leyden) is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland, Netherlands.
Maritime transport
Maritime transport (or ocean transport) or more generally waterborne transport, is the transport of people (passengers) or goods (cargo) via waterways.
See Gracht and Maritime transport
Meppel
Meppel (Drents: Möppelt) is a city and municipality in the Northeastern Netherlands.
Moat
A moat is a deep, broad ditch dug around a castle, fortification, building, or town, historically to provide it with a preliminary line of defence.
See Gracht and Moat
Municipal charter
A city charter or town charter (generically, municipal charter) is a legal document (charter) establishing a municipality such as a city or town.
See Gracht and Municipal charter
Netherlands
The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country located in Northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean.
One-way traffic
One-way traffic (or uni-directional traffic) is traffic that moves in a single direction.
See Gracht and One-way traffic
Rural area
In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities.
Sneek
Sneek (Snits) is a city southwest of Leeuwarden and the seat of the former municipality of Sneek in the province of Friesland, Netherlands.
See Gracht and Sneek
Storm drain
A storm drain, storm sewer (United Kingdom, U.S. and Canada), surface water drain/sewer (United Kingdom), or stormwater drain (Australia and New Zealand) is infrastructure designed to drain excess rain and ground water from impervious surfaces such as paved streets, car parks, parking lots, footpaths, sidewalks, and roofs.
Table Mountain
Table Mountain (lit; Tafelberg) is a flat-topped mountain forming a prominent landmark overlooking the city of Cape Town in South Africa.
Toponymy
Toponymy, toponymics, or toponomastics is the study of toponyms (proper names of places, also known as place names and geographic names), including their origins, meanings, usage and types.
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; pronounced) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture.
Utrecht
Utrecht (Utrecht dialect) is the fourth-largest city of the Netherlands, as well as the capital and the most populous city of the province of Utrecht.
Venice
Venice (Venezia; Venesia, formerly Venexia) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region.
Weesp
Weesp is a city, an urban area in the municipality of Amsterdam in the province of North Holland, Netherlands.
See Gracht and Weesp
William II of Holland
William II (February 1227 – 28 January 1256) was the Count of Holland and Zeeland from 1234 until his death.
See Gracht and William II of Holland
Zutphen
Zutphen is a city and municipality located in the province of Gelderland, Netherlands.
Zwolle
Zwolle is a city and municipality in the Northeastern Netherlands.
See also
Canals
- Aqueduct (water supply)
- Aqueducts
- Canal
- Canal restoration
- Canal tunnel
- Contour canal
- Embanking of the tidal Thames
- Gracht
- Junction (canal)
- King Abdullah Canal
- Kunstgraben
- Lateral canal
- Lists of canals
- Lock (water navigation)
- Martian canals
- Navigable aqueduct
- Power canal
- Rajkulo
- Roving bridge
- Ship canal
- Sluice
- Summit-level canal
- Tainter gate
- The Excavation of the Manchester Ship Canal
- Toll point
- Towpath
- Waste weir
- Winding hole
- World Canals Conference
Water transport infrastructure
- Anchorage (maritime)
- Aqueduct (bridge)
- Boat lifts
- Canal
- Canal Safety Gates
- Canal basin
- Canal tunnel
- Canals
- Cavana
- Coal pier
- Flood barrier
- Floodgate
- Ford (crossing)
- Gracht
- Gulf Intracoastal Waterway West Closure Complex
- Gutzlaff Signal Tower
- History of the British canal system
- Lengthsman
- Lighthouses
- List of proposed canals
- Lock (water navigation)
- Marinas
- Marine Development
- Naviduct
- Piers
- Puddling (civil engineering)
- Roving bridge
- Scharhörnbake
- Signal station
- Single buoy mooring
- Sluice
- Staircase locks
- Summit-level canal
- Toll point
- Towpath
- Turning basin
- Wharves
- Winding hole
- Wing dam
- Yantan Ship Lift
Waterways in the Netherlands
References
Also known as Grachten.