Yser

Infobox River | river_name = Yser/IJzer


image_size = 250px
caption = Mouth of the Yser, seen from the air.
origin = Nord
mouth = North Sea
coord|51|9|10|N|2|43|23|E|name=North Sea-Yser|display=inline,title
basin_countries = Belgium, France
length = 78 km
elevation = 30 m
discharge =
watershed = 1,101 km²The Yser ( _nl. IJzer, _fr. Yser) is a river that finds its origin in the north of France, enters Belgium and flows into the North Sea in the town Nieuwpoort.

In France

The source of the Yser is in Broxeele, in the Nord "département" of northern France. It then flows though Bollezeele, Esquelbecq, Bambecque and approximately 30 of its 78 kilometers run through France before it crosses the border at Houtkerque.

In Belgium

In Belgium the Yser flows through Diksmuide, and out into the North Sea in Nieuwpoort. During the Battle of the Yser in the First World War the river was deliberately flooded from Nieuwpoort up to Diksmuide in order to provide an obstacle to the advancing German Army.

Tributaries

* Peene Becque, in northern France
* Sale Becque,

References

*http://www.geoportail.fr
* [http://sandre.eaufrance.fr/app/chainage/courdo/htm/E4900570.php?cg=E4900570 The Yser at the Sandre database]

External links

* [http://www.lin.vlaanderen.be/awz/waterstanden/hydra/images/ijzer04.gifImage of the basin of the Yser]
* [http://battlefieldseurope.co.uk/ww1belg.aspx Illustrated Article on the Yser Front during WW1 at 'Battlefields Europe']