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Vecht (Utrecht)

The 883rd longest river in the world

km

The Vecht (pronounced [vɛxt]) is a Rhine branch in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is sometimes called Utrechtse Vecht to avoid confusion with its Overijssel counterpart. The area along the river is called the Vechtstreek.

Flows through: Netherlands.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

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