Dieze

The Dieze at Engelen shortly before it flows into the Meuse

As Dieze today is referred to under 6.5 -kilometer section of the bottom with a water flow of about 22 m³ / s second- largest Dutch tributary of the Meuse River in the province of North Brabant. The name applies from the confluence of the main river Dommel with the smaller arteries in 's- Hertogenbosch.

Originally Dieze or Diest also the name of the largest left tributary of the Dommel, now called Run or Esschestroom. Some branches of the river below its confluence, especially in 's- Hertogenbosch, therefore still use the title Binnendieze. The Dieze opens at Fort Crèvecoeur against Hedel into the Meuse.

The water supply of the Dieze and its tributaries is strongly influenced by the crossing shipping channels. Firstly, the Dommel loses as the headwaters of the Dieze especially in winter water to the Wilhelminakanal (in winter reach about 2-20 m³ / s at Geertruidenberg the Meuse ), on the other hand influence in 's- Hertogenbosch, the channel Zuid- Willemsvaart and Drongelens channel the water flow, the former by supplying around 5 m³ / s Meuse water, the latter. arising from discharges of approximately the same amount to the mountain 's Maas at Waalwijk The course of the river Dieze itself is made over the first four kilometers portion of the duct system and at the same time harbor entrance of the city of 's- Hertogenbosch of the Meuse.