WAAL, a river of the United Netherlands, being one of the branches of the Rhine, which runs from east to west, through the Betu, in the province of Guelderland, passing by Nimeguen, Tiel, Bommel, and Gorcum; and continuing its course eastward, unites its waters with the Maas, and passing by Dort, falls into

into the German Sea below the Briel.