**Archived extract:** 2026-10-11 (UTC). Frozen data; observation dates are shown as captured. [View the current site](/)

# Lek river

The Lek is a European river flowing through Netherlands. No public gauge currently reports on the Lek; its discharge is estimated at about 681.2 m³/s from drainage area and the specific discharge of nearby gauges.

**Canonical name:** Lek

**Countries:** Netherlands

**Maximum upstream drainage area:** 163,008 km²

**Mapped river length:** 15.6 km

**Gauging stations:** 0

**Classification:** Major European river

**Estimated discharge:** 681.2 m³/s (from drainage area)

## Gauging stations on the Lek

No public discharge gauge is currently projected onto the Lek in this dataset. Its discharge is estimated at about 681.2 m³/s from drainage area and the local specific discharge of nearby gauges.

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-   [Tiel, Waal](/archive/2026-10-11/rivers/tiel-waal.html)
-   [km 2.5](/archive/2026-10-11/rivers/km-2-5.html)
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-   [Spuien](/archive/2026-10-11/rivers/spuien.html)
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## Data, sources & timestamps

Geometry is the HydroRIVERS network (HydroSHEDS): European reaches with at least 500 km² of upstream catchment, merged into chains between confluences. Flow direction comes from the network itself; river names are the canonical English label joined from provider metadata and Natural Earth, with local-language aliases retained.

Discharge is normalised observed streamflow from official national hydrology providers, measured where a gauge sits on the river and interpolated between gauges. Pale/estimated values are derived from drainage area × the local specific discharge of nearby gauges and are never presented as measurements.

Underlying dataset built 2026-10-11T12:34:03.228083+00:00. This page generated 2026-10-11T12:41:16.696Z. Discharge values carry their own observation dates in the table above.

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