- Krimpenerwaard
The Krimpenerwaard, located in the province of South Holland in the Netherlands, is the rural area just south of Gouda and just east of the Rotterdam conurbation. It is borderd on the north by the river
Hollandse IJssel , on the south by the river Lek and on the east by the streamVlist . [This is a translation of the article by the same name on the Dutch version of Wikipedia.]Krimpenerwaard obtains its name from the town located in its western corner, Krimpen aan den IJssel. ("Krimp" used to mean a bend in a river.) "Waard" is the Dutch word for an interfluvial area between the winter dikes of different river channels (in this case, the Lek and the Hollandse IJssel). [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1996ESASP.383..469W Wang, Y., Koopmans, B. N., & Pohl, C., "The 1995 Flood in the Netherlands Monitored from Space - a Multisensor Approach"] There are other such "waarden" in this area. The
Lopikerwaard lies to the east; theZuidplaspolder to the west. The name Krimpenerwaard first appeared in the historical records in944 .The towns and villages in the Krimpenerwaard are::*
Schoonhoven :*Bergambacht :*Stolwijk :*Ammerstol :*Haastrecht :*Berkenwoude :*Lekkerkerk :*Krimpen aan de Lek :*Krimpen aan den IJssel :*Vlist :*Gouderak and:*Ouderkerk aan den IJssel .Notes
External links
* [http://www.xs4all.nl/~nieko/english.htm Nieko Jongerius's website on the Krimpenerwaard]
* [http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=51.948921,4.722404&spn=0.121465,0.275345&z=12 Map of Krimpenerwaard on Google Maps]
* [http://www.schielandendekrimpenerwaard.nl/algemene_onderdelen/english English page on the website for the The Schieland en de Krimpenerwaard District Water Board]
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