Dyle River

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The Dyle River is a waterway in central Belgium that flows through towns such as Wavre and Leuven before joining the Rupel, and has been the site of several historical military actions.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Dyle River canonical 13

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
waterway ⓘ
associatedWith Belgian defensive strategy 1940 ⓘ
World War II Western Front ⓘ
confluenceWith Nete River ⓘ
country Belgium ⓘ
flowsThrough Dyle Valley ⓘ
Leuven ⓘ
Lier ⓘ
Louvain-la-Neuve ⓘ
Mechelen ⓘ
Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve ⓘ
linked to: Louvain-la-Neuve

Wavre ⓘ
forms Rupel River ⓘ
linked to: Rupel
hasBridge bridges in Leuven ⓘ
bridges in Mechelen ⓘ
hasCityOnRiver Leuven ⓘ
Lier ⓘ
Mechelen ⓘ
hasFloodplain Dyle Valley floodplain ⓘ
hasNameInDutch Dijle ⓘ
hasNameInFrench Dyle ⓘ
hasTownOnRiver Louvain-la-Neuve ⓘ
Ottignies ⓘ
Wavre ⓘ
hasTributary Dijlebeek ⓘ
Lasne River ⓘ
Train River ⓘ
hasWatershed Dyle basin ⓘ
historicalUse defensive line ⓘ
transportation route ⓘ
languageRegion Dutch-speaking Flanders ⓘ
linked to: Flemish Region

French-speaking Wallonia ⓘ
locatedIn Flemish Brabant ⓘ
Province of Antwerp ⓘ
linked to: Antwerp Province

Walloon Brabant ⓘ
central Belgium ⓘ
mouthLocation near Rumst ⓘ
mouthOf Rupel River ⓘ
linked to: Rupel
near Brussels metropolitan area ⓘ
partOf Low Countries river network ⓘ
Scheldt river basin ⓘ
tributaryOf Rupel River ⓘ
linked to: Rupel
usedAs Dyle Line defensive position ⓘ
linked to: Dyle Line
usedIn Battle of the Dyle (1940) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Wavre → river → Dyle River ⓘ
Elewijt → hasNearbyRiver → Dyle River ⓘ
Weerde → locatedOn → Dyle River ⓘ
Limal → hasRiver → Dyle River ⓘ
Bierges → hasRiver → Dyle River ⓘ
Zenne River → mouthOf → Dyle River ⓘ
Zenne River → tributaryOf → Dyle River ⓘ
Genappe → crossedBy → Dyle River ⓘ
Dyle Line → follows → Dyle River ⓘ
Lasne River → mouthOf → Dyle River ⓘ
Lasne River → tributaryOf → Dyle River ⓘ
Train River → tributaryOf → Dyle River ⓘ