YSER

The 'Yser' (Dutch: IJzer, French: Yser) is a river that finds its origin in the north of France, enters Belgium and flows into the North Sea in the town Nieuwpoort.

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Yser in France

Yser in Belgium

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Yser in France

The source of the Yser is in Broxeele, in the Nord ''département'' of northern France. It then flows though Bollezeele, Esquelbecq, Bambecque and approximately 30 of its 78 kilometers run through France before it crosses the border at Houtkerque.

Yser in Belgium

In Belgium the Yser flows through Diksmuide, and out into the North Sea in Nieuwpoort. During the Battle of the Yser in the First World War the river was deliberately flooded from Nieuwpoort up to Diksmuide in order to provide an obstacle to the advancing German Army.

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★ Image of the basin of the Yser