Drecht

A ford (Middle Dutch: vort or vorda), draught (in Friesland and sometimes in West Friesland also called dracht), trecht or tricht is a

fordable place, usually in a stream or river.
a bridge structure where the water partially flows over it during periods of high discharge is also referred to as a ford
a place where one can reach the beach between the sand dunes like Zandvoort
a traversable strip through the peat like Eexterzandvoort
a part of the sea that recedes into the land; bay, bend, inlet, recess
it may also mean a right of passage.
Like a bridge, a ford often has its own name.

The Drecht is a (canalized) peat river from Oude Wetering along Leimuiden, Vriezekoop, and Bilderdam to the Aarkanaal and the Amstel-Drechtkanaal at the Tolhuissluis.

The Drecht currently flows entirely in the municipality of Kaag and Braassem.

Originally, the Drecht flowed further east, eventually forming the Amstel together with the Kromme Mijdrecht at Uithoorn. Around 1825, the Amstel-Drechtkanaal was created from the eastern part of the Drecht and the southern part of the Amstel.

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