The Dintel is a river in North Brabant that flows from Oudenbosch to Standdaarbuiten. It rises in Belgium as the Mark. The river rises north of the Belgian town of Turnhout in the municipality of Merksplas. The river has a total length of 80.6 km.
History of the Dintel River
It is a watercourse in North Brabant and forms the lower reaches of the Mark River. Formally, the mark changes to Dintel in Standdaarbuiten. In popular parlance, the inland water is called Dintel only from Stampersgat, from where the Mark-Vlietkanaal flows into it. The small river then flows past Dinteloord, where it joins the Oosterschelde via the Volkerak. The average discharge of the river is approximately 6 m³/s.
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The river was referred to as the Dindel or Dindele in the 13th century. After the Sint-Elisabeth flood in 1421, the river was a tributary rather than a river. After further reclamation of the surrounding land, the river became narrower and narrower. In the early 19th century the Dintel and also the Mark were closed by the locks. This eliminated the inflow of the Dintel and the Mark and the character of the vegetation along the river adapted to this.
Geography
The river rises near Oudenbosch. At Standdaarbuiten the Mark joins the river from Breda. The river flows into the Volkerak via Stampersgat and Dinteloord (named after the river).
The river flows into the Volkerak.
