Rijnland

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Rijnland is a historical region in the western Netherlands, centered around the lower Rhine delta and known for its extensive water management and polder landscapes.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Rijnland canonical 4
Rijnland region 1
Vierlanden 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region
water board
borders Amstelland
Delfland
linked to: Delfland region

Kennemerland
Schieland
contains Alphen aan den Rijn
Gouda
Haarlem
Hillegom
Katwijk
Leiden
Leiderdorp
Lisse
Nieuw-Vennep
Noordwijk
Oegstgeest
Voorschoten
Zoetermeer
country Netherlands
hasCharacteristic extensive water management
polder landscape
hasEconomicActivity bulb cultivation
dairy farming
horticulture
hasHeritage Dutch water management tradition
hasOrganization Hoogheemraadschap van Rijnland
hasPart dunes
peat meadows
polders
historicalFunction agricultural region
trade corridor
historicalPeriod Early modern period
Middle Ages
jurisdiction Rijnland
knownFor canal network
dike systems
drainage works
land reclamation
language Dutch
locatedIn province of North Holland
province of South Holland
western Netherlands
linked to: Western Netherlands
locatedInOrNear Rhine delta
namedAfter Rhine
partOf Low Countries
Randstad region
traversedBy Kagerplassen
Nieuwe Rijn
Oude Rijn

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Durbanville hasNeighbourhood Vierlanden
linked to: Rijnland
Hoogheemraadschap van Rijnland jurisdiction Rijnland
subject linked to: Rijnland
Hazerswoude-Rijndijk locatedInRiverArea Rijnland region
linked to: Rijnland