# Ieperlee

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{{Short description|Canalised river in Belgium}}
{{Infobox canal
  | name              = Ieperlee (Ypres-Ijzer Canal)
  | image             = Kanaal Ieperlee.JPG
  | image_caption     = The Ieperlee, near Fort Knokke
  | mapframe          = yes
  | mapframe-zoom     = 10
  | direction         = South
  | start_point       = [Ijzer River](/source/Ijzer)
  | begin_coord       = {{Coord|50.980|N|2.806|E|region:BE}}
  | end_point         = [Ypres](/source/Ypres)
  | end_coord         = {{Coord|50.858|N|2.885|E|region:BE|display=title, inline}}
  | country           = [Belgium](/source/Belgium)
  | length_km         = 17
  | length_mi         = auto
  | source1_elevation = 
  | mouth_elevation   = 
  | discharge1_avg    = 
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}} 

The '''Ieperlee''' (or ''Ypres-Ijzer Canal'') is a [canalized](/source/canalized) river that rises in [Heuvelland](/source/Heuvelland) in the [Belgian](/source/Belgium) province of [West Flanders](/source/West_Flanders) and flows via the city of [Ypres](/source/Ypres) (Ieper) into the [Yser](/source/Yser) at [Fort Knokke](/source/Fort_Knokke).

The river is {{convert|17|km|mi}} long. Its name is derived from ''iep'', the [Dutch](/source/Dutch_language) word for [elm](/source/elm). It gave its name to the city of Ypres. In the 11th century the river was canalized to link the city, which had a thriving cloth industry, to the sea. Even in 1842, some 2,034 boats still passed the lock at [Boezinge](/source/Boezinge). Today, the canal is only used for recreational purposes.

During the [First World War](/source/First_World_War), the river was part of the frontline. It linked the [Ypres Salient](/source/Ypres_Salient), held by the French and English, to the [Yser Front](/source/Yser_Front), held by the Belgian Army (see ''[Dodengang](/source/Dodengang)'').

==Tributaries==
* Bollaerbeek
* Zillebeek

{{commons category|Ieperlee}}
{{Belgium-river-stub}}
Category:Rivers of Belgium
Category:Rivers of West Flanders

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