|This article does not cite any references or sources. (May
2012)| Nederrijn near Arnhem |- location||Huissen, Gelderland,
Netherlands| |- location||Wijk bij Duurstede, Utrecht,
Netherlands| |Length||50 km (31 mi)| Nederrijn ("Lower Rhine" or
"Nether Rhine") is the name of the Dutch part of the River Rhine
from the confluence at the town of Angeren of the cut-off Rhine
bend of Oude Rijn and the Pannerdens Kanaal (which was dug to
form the new connection between the Waal and Nederrijn
branches). The city of Arnhem lies on the right (north) bank of
the river Nederrijn, just past the point where the River IJssel
branches off. The Nederrijn flows on to the city of Wijk bij
Duurstede, from where it continues as the River Lek. The once-
important but now small Kromme Rijn branch (in Roman times part
of the Limes Germanicus and border river of the Roman Empire)
carries the name "Rhine" towards the city of Utrecht. In order
to regulate the distribution of drainage between the different
branches of the Rhine, several d