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RiverKinderdijk, South Holland
Lek
RiverBest May–Jun · Sep
Elevation–above sea level
Length62 kmsource to mouth
Nearest townKinderdijk0.5 km
51.89° N, 4.63° EUTC+2 · Central European Summer Time
When to goKinderdijk · weather score
Best timeMay–Jun · Sep
October: high / low15° / 7°
River
Lek in brief
Lek is a river in Kinderdijk, South Holland, Netherlands.
The nearest town in the atlas is Kinderdijk, 0.5 km to the S, where the weather is best in May, June and September.
Lek is 62 km long.
Weather nearby now
Forecast for Kinderdijk12°
Sunny now
Today
22 Oct
14°
6°
6 mm
Fri
23 Oct
14°
8°
23 mm
Sat
24 Oct
14°
9°
20 mm
Sun
25 Oct
14°
10°
13 mm
Mon
26 Oct
13°
9°
4 mm
Model run 00:00 UTCRefreshed several times a day
The course of the river
As mapped in OpenStreetMap, with the towns of the atlas along its banks.- 1Beusichem5 m
- 2Culemborg6 m
- 3Everdingen3 m
- 4Hagestein4 m
- 5Vianen5 m
- 6Nieuwpoort6 m
- 7Schoonhoven1 m
- 8Groot-Ammers-2 m
- 9Lekkerkerk0 m
- 10Nieuw-Lekkerland0 m
- 11Alblasserdam0 m
- 12Kinderdijk1 m
- 13Krimpen aan de Lek-1 m
- 14Ridderkerk0 m
sourcemouth (or where the mapped line leaves the country)
When to go
Climate of KinderdijkThe best months around Lek
Month score in Kinderdijk
Comfort, dry days and sunshine · out of 10016
Jan
22
Feb
29
Mar
56
Apr
68
May
67
Jun
65
Jul
65
Aug
67
Sep
45
Oct
17
Nov
15
Dec
Map
Lek from above
Nature nearbyAll of the Netherlands
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Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Photo: Trougnouf (Benoit Brummer) · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsReport this photo · linked, not stored
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
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Stay nearby
Towns close by
Around here
Kinderdijk and around
Nature
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Nieuwe Maas
River
Heritage
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Dorpskerk, Kinderdijk
Rijksmonument · 1924
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Van Zessen House
Rijksmonument · 1923
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Windmills at Kinderdijk
World Heritage Site
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