Zenne

Zenne (Dutch) Senne (French)
The Senne at Rebecq
Country	Belgium
Basin features
Progression	Dyle→ Rupel→ Scheldt→ North Sea
Physical characteristics
Length	103 km (64 mi)

The Zenne (Dutch: [ˈzɛnə]) is a small river that flows through Brussels, left tributary of the Dijle/Dyle.

Its source is in the village of Naast near the municipality of Soignies. It is an indirect tributary of the Scheldt, through the Dijle and the Rupel. It joins the Dijle at Zennegat, in Battel in the north of the municipality of Mechelen, only a few hundred metres before the Dijle itself joins the Rupel.

The Woluwe is one of the tributaries of the Zenne.

In total the Zenne is 103 kilometres (64 mi) long.

In the centre of Brussels, the Zenne was completely covered up and major boulevards were built over top in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It is still visible in the outskirts of Brussels and outside the city, though within the city it now runs mostly underneath the small ring. The Zenne was notorious for being one of Belgium's worst polluted rivers, since all effluents from the Brussels Capital Region emptied into it without treatment. In March 2007, the completion of new sewage treatment plants began to remediate this problem. However, in December 2009, the plant Brussels Nord of Acquiris was temporarily and abruptly shut down, creating a political and ecological crisis.

The yellow iris became used as the emblem of the Brussels-Capital Region due to its habitat in the marshy plains around the river. The unique seasonal wild yeasts of the Zenne river valley are used in the production of the regional lambic style of beer. The Brasserie de la Senne is a recently opened brewery named for the river.

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