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The Betuwe is situated between the Waal and Rhine / Lek River s, surrounding the beautiful Linge stream, and is famous for its Fruit production. The largest and most important city in the area is Tiel . Image of the Rhine-Waal fork, showing the cut-off eastern tip of the Betuwe (between the red, blue and green streams).]]In 1995, a large part of this area had to be evacuated because the rivers threatened to overflow. Fortunately this did not happen, but it raised the debate again about whether to reinforce the Dikes or not. At present (2005) the construction of a big freight Railroad , called Betuweroute is in progress. Probably services at the line will start in 2007. The railroad has caused a big political debate in the Netherlands . {Link without Title} Towns in the Betuwe are:
The Betuwe region is divided into 11 , Neder-Betuwe , Lingewaard , Arnhem (southern part), Nijmegen (northern part), Tiel , Culemborg , Neerijnen , Geldermalsen , Lingewaal & Buren . "De Betuwe" is also the name of a Jam factory in the town of Tiel . The factory became famous because of its merchandise in which a figure called Flipje was starring. Every object related to Flipje has become a collector's item in the Netherlands . |
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