River
Dommel
80 km from source to mouth · Belgium.
BelgiumFlows into Dieze7th longest in Belgium
In numbers
Length
80km
Average flow
10m³/s
Basin
1,800km²
Drop
31m
from 32 m to 1 m
Country
1
The journey
From source to mouth
80 km of river and 54 stops on the way: 41 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmSourceat 32 m
- 0 kmPelt33,601 people
- 0 kmOverpelt15,478 people
- 0 kmNeerpelt17,174 people
- 0 kmPeer16,421 people
- 1 kmVolmolen
- 15 kmVenbergse Watermolen
- 16 kmDommelen1,220 people
- 17 kmDommelse Watermolen
- 17 kmValkenswaard31,071 people
- 17 kmGeenhoven3,270 people
- 21 kmWaalre6,445 people
- 24 kmMeerveldhoven2,360 people
- 25 kmZeelst5,280 people
- 26 kmVoldijn2,785 people
- 28 kmBlaarthem2,465 people
- 28 kmGenneper Watermolen
- 30 kmLakerlopen3,355 people
- 30 kmEindhoven235,691 people
- 30 kmVillapark2,050 people
- 32 kmGeneralenbuurt5,545 people
- 32 kmDe Doornakkers6,345 people
- 33 kmTongelre19,680 people
- 33 km't Hofke3,475 people
- 33 kmMuschberg en Geestenberg3,836 people
- 35 kmTongelreeptributary
- 36 kmVlokhoven3,570 people
- 36 kmEckart4,300 people
- 36 kmVaartbroek5,200 people
- 37 kmHeesterakker2,765 people
- 39 kmHooydonkse watermolen, Nuenen
- 41 kmSon4,930 people
- 41 kmBreugel1,055 people
- 46 kmNijnsel1,405 people
- 48 kmEerschot2,210 people
- 50 kmSint-Oedenrode16,931 people
- 57 kmLiempde4,170 people
- 62 kmBoxtel32,973 people
- 66 kmGemonde1,490 people
- 68 kmTheereheide4,045 people
- 68 kmSint-Michielsgestel2,580 people
- 69 kmMaaskantje1,610 people
- 69 kmDen Dungen3,450 people
- 72 kmVught25,043 people
- 75 kmZuiderplas0.3 km²
- 75 kmOosterplas0.3 km²
- 76 kmWillemsbrug
- 77 km's-Hertogenbosch155,490 people
- 77 kmWilhelmina bridge ('s-Hertogenbosch)
- 78 kmDraaibrug
- 79 kmOrthen1,515 people
- 79 kmDe Rompert2,440 people
- 80 kmErtveldplas0.5 km²
- 80 kmMaaspoort16,150 people
- 80 kmEngelermeer0.7 km²
- 80 kmDiezeat 1 m
Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.
Small river in Belgium and the Netherlands
At the mouth it carries 10 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 238 seconds. It drops from 32 m to 1 m, 0.4 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 1,800 km², about the size of GP. 1.1 million people live in it. Highest water: from December to January. No large dam holds it back: it is one of the world's free-flowing rivers.
Where to start
- EindhovenLargest city on its banks · 235,691 people
- Eindhoven Airport (EIN)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 7 km from the cityCar hire at EIN airport (Eindhoven)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- On the water18 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
- Kayak and canoe51 put-ins and rapids mapped (OpenStreetMap)
- From May to SeptemberThe best months to visit
Dommel, month by month
Highest water: from December to January
Best months to visit: from May to September.
From about 18 m³/s in the lowest month to 57 m³/s in the highest. An estimate: the monthly flow is modelled from the lowest and highest months of WaterGAP (RiverATLAS, 1971–2000) and the rain and snow along the river (WorldClim). Dams change the real rhythm. The chip is the average air temperature; below it, the month's rain.
Plan the trip
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The basin
Dommel: the basin in numbers
2,521 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 1.1millionpeople live in the basin
- 455/km²people per km²
- 25maverage altitude of the basin
- 783mmof rain a year (basin average)
- 9.5°Caverage air temperature
- 10%protected areas
- 0.4%covered by lakes
What covers the basin
- 12% Forest
- 29% Cropland
- 19% Pasture
- 32% Towns and cities
RiverATLAS (HydroATLAS v1.0, CC BY 4.0): land cover, people, protected areas, glaciers and dams over the whole basin upstream of the mouth.
Along the river
Dommel: what you find on the way
- 42WeirsDommelsche Watermolen and 41 more
- 8LocksZuid-Willemsvaart and 7 more
- 51Canoe put-ins
- 4Boat ramps
- 2Ferry piers
- 3MarinasSonse Jachthaven, Watersportvereniging De Pettelaer, WSV Viking
- 3River beachesCenter Parcs Beach, 't Witven, Zuiderplas
From OpenStreetMap, within 1.4 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
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Dommel in our other atlases
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4lakes on its wayLakeyas
Lakes and reservoirs (4)
Lakes it flows through, by Lakeyas
- Zuiderplaskm 680.3km²
- Oosterplaskm 680.3km²
- Ertveldplaskm 720.5km²
- Engelermeerkm 730.7km²
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From space
The source and the mouth, seen from orbit
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016), CC BY 4.0. The glowing line is the river as drawn by RiverATLAS.
Photos
Dommel in pictures
Tributaries
Where it flows, and what flows into it
Tributaries (5)
Also: Tongelreep, Esschestroom, Kleine Dommel, Beerze, Hooidonkse Beek
FranceNearby
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The Netherlands950 km230 m³/s43 km awayRhineThe Netherlands1,233 km2,200 m³/s83 km awayRurThe Netherlands164 km25 m³/s72 km awayRuhr
Germany217 km79 m³/s103 km awayLippeGermany255 km240 m³/s91 km awaySenneBelgium103 km5.5 m³/s95 km awayDyle / DijleBelgium86 km69 m³/s94 km awayLysBelgium202 km22 m³/s130 km awayWhere these numbers come from
| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q1238549) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Course, profile, basin | RiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed from the source to the mouth given by Wikidata |
| Flow | WaterGAP (RiverATLAS), 1971–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate along the river | WorldClim (RiverATLAS), 1970–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Towns, bridges, dams | Wikidata · CC0; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Along the river | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Our other atlases | Lakeyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST |
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