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Which rivers drain the plain of Flanders?

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The plain of Flanders is drained by the Leie, Schelde, and Dender rivers, which flow northeastward toward the Schelde estuary.1

While the region is also characterized by numerous shipping canals that interlace the landscape and connect these river systems, the primary natural drainage of the interior plain of Flanders is facilitated by these specific waterways.1