Geographical
location:The Oude Ijssel starts in Germany, in Wellbrock
and the river crosses the Dutch border at Gendringen. The drainage
area of the Oude Ijssel is about 124 000 hectares. The river flows
into the Ijssel at Doesburg and then flows to the Ijsselmeer.
Type
of waterway: river
Contamination
type and problem: industrial type
The water trade organisation is working very
hard to make an ecological area between the German border and
Doesburg. The water trade organisation proposed a survey location,
which had not been dredged previously.