Dijle (Dutch, in French: Dyle) is a river in central Belgium. It is about 100 km (62 miles) long. It flows through the Belgian provinces Walloon Brabant, Flemish Brabant and Antwerp. Its source is in Houtain-le-Val, near Nivelles. For the Second World War frigate class, see River class frigate The Murray River in Australia A river is a large natural waterway. ... A kilometre (American spelling: kilometer, symbol: km) is a unit of length equal to 1000 metres (from the Greek words khilia = thousand and metro = count/measure). ... A mile is any of several units of distance, or, in physics terminology, of length. ... Walloon Brabant is a province of Wallonia and of Belgium. ... Flemish Brabant is a province of Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium. ... Antwerp is the northernmost province of Flanders and of Belgium. ... Nivelles is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant. ...

The most important towns along the Dijle are (starting from the source) Ottignies, Wavre, Leuven and Mechelen. Tributaries of the Dijle are the rivers Demer (in Werchter, Rotselaar municipality) and the Senne (near Rumst). Just after the confluence with the Senne, the Dijle forms the river Rupel together with the river Nete. The Dijle is navigable for small ships from Werchter on. Wavre is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant, of which it is the capital. ... Leuven in 2004 Leuven (Louvain in French, Löwen in German) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant, of which it is the capital. ... Mechelen Cathedral Mechelen (English traditionally Mechlin, French Malines, German Mecheln) is a municipality located in Belgium, Flemish region, province of Antwerp. ... Demer is a river in eastern Belgium. ... Rotselaar is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. ... The Senne (French) or Zenne (Dutch) is a small river that flows through Brussels. ... Rumst is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. ... Rupel is a tidal river in northern Belgium. ... Nete (Dutch, in French: Nèthe) is a river in northern Belgium. ... Italian barque Amerigo Vespucci in New York harbor, 1976. ...

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From 1795 until 1815, when Belgium, the Netherlands and parts of Germany were incorporated into France, there was a département named after the river Dijle, see Dyle (département). The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France, roughly analogous to British counties and are now grouped into 22 metropolitan and four overseas régions. ... Dyle (Dutch: Dijle) is the name of a département of the First French Empire in present Belgium. ...