Rotte (river)
watercourse in the Netherlands / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Rotte is a river in the Dutch province Zuid Holland. The city of Rotterdam is named after this river, Rotterdam means dam of the Rotte, Rotterdam is founded when a dam was built in the Rotte. Original, the river was named Rotta, based on the Dutch word 'rot', this word means something like dirty, because the river was very muddy, and A because Aa means water in old European languages.
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Rotte Rotta | |
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Country | Netherlands |
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- location | Lansingerland |
Mouth | Nieuwe Maas |
- location | Netherlands |
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