Editing Overijssel (section)

==Geography==
Overijssel is bordered by [[Germany]] ([[Lower Saxony]] and [[North Rhine-Westphalia]]) to the east, the [[Achterhoek]] region of [[Gelderland]] to the south, the [[Veluwe]] region of Gelderland and [[Flevoland]] to the west, and [[Friesland]] and the former moors of [[Drenthe]] to the north. Overijssel comprises three regions: [[Kop van Overijssel]] in the northwest, [[Salland]] in the centre of the province, and [[Twente]] in the east. Besides the capital [[Zwolle]], other major cities are [[Almelo]], [[Deventer]], [[Hengelo]], [[Enschede]], and [[Kampen, Netherlands|Kampen]].

To the southeast, the province's surface is mostly sandy, interspersed with small rivers such as the [[Regge (river)|Regge]] and [[Dinkel (river)|Dinkel]] and other brooks. In the northwest, the geology is dominated by sediments from the ''[[Vecht (Overijssel)|Overijsselse Vecht]]'' and clay. The northern parts were once covered by ''veen'' ([[bog]]s) which separated the dryer and more arable south from [[Drenthe]] and which have been exploited as fuel to a large degree. Only small patches survive today (''Engbertsdijksvenen'' near [[Geesteren, Overijssel|Geesteren]], ''Witteveen'' (near [[Haaksbergen]]), and the Aamsveen (near [[Enschede]]). The extreme northwest is dominated by a system of lakes formed by former peat-mining and protected under the [[Weerribben-Wieden National Park]] status, which is a valuable wetland.

The highest point in Overijssel is the summit of the Tankenberg, a hill in the municipality of [[Losser]], at 85 metres (278&nbsp;ft). The lowest point is in the Mastenbroek [[Polder]] near [[Kampen, Netherlands|Kampen]] at 2 metres (6&nbsp;ft) below [[sea level]].

'''Important rivers''' : [[IJssel]], [[Zwarte Water]], [[Vechte|Overijsselse Vecht]], [[Dinkel (river)|Dinkel]], [[Regge (river)|Regge]] and Reest.

'''Major channels''' : [[Twentekanaal]] (Enschede and Zutphen-branch to Almelo), Overijssels Kanaal, Kanaal Almelo-De Haandrik, Kanaal Almelo-Nordhorn (outdoors) and Dedemsvaart (largely muted).

===Climate===

Overijssel enjoys an oceanic climate ([[Oceanic climate|Cfb]] in the [[Köppen climate classification|Köppen classification]]). However, winters tend to be more severe than the rest of the Netherlands, because of its distance from the coast.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.whatstheweatherlike.org/netherlands/overijssel.htm |title = Overijssel climate info &#124; what's the weather like in Overijssel, the Netherlands}}</ref>

{{Weather box
|location = Twenthe (1981–2010)
|single line = y
|metric first = y
|Jan high C = 4.8
|Feb high C = 5.7
|Mar high C = 9.5
|Apr high C = 13.9
|May high C = 18.0
|Jun high C = 20.5
|Jul high C = 22.8
|Aug high C = 22.5
|Sep high C = 18.7
|Oct high C = 14.1
|Nov high C = 8.9
|Dec high C = 5.2
|year high C = 13.7
|Jan mean C = 2.3
|Feb mean C = 2.6
|Mar mean C = 5.6
|Apr mean C = 8.9
|May mean C = 12.9
|Jun mean C = 15.4
|Jul mean C = 17.6
|Aug mean C = 17.1
|Sep mean C = 14.0
|Oct mean C = 10.2
|Nov mean C = 6.0
|Dec mean C = 2.9
|year mean C = 9.6
|Jan low C = -0.5
|Feb low C = -0.6
|Mar low C = 1.5
|Apr low C = 3.4
|May low C = 7.1
|Jun low C = 9.6
|Jul low C = 12.0
|Aug low C = 11.5
|Sep low C = 9.2
|Oct low C = 6.2
|Nov low C = 3.0
|Dec low C = 0.3
|year low C = 5.2
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 71.5
|Feb precipitation mm = 51.6
|Mar precipitation mm = 65.1
|Apr precipitation mm = 45.2
|May precipitation mm = 62.4
|Jun precipitation mm = 67.7
|Jul precipitation mm = 74.5
|Aug precipitation mm = 71.0
|Sep precipitation mm = 65.4
|Oct precipitation mm = 67.5
|Nov precipitation mm = 68.9
|Dec precipitation mm = 74.1
|year precipitation mm = 784.9
|Jan sun = 52.8
|Feb sun = 82.6
|Mar sun = 114.0
|Apr sun = 169.9
|May sun = 202.1
|Jun sun = 184.6
|Jul sun = 202.4
|Aug sun = 184.4
|Sep sun = 137.4
|Oct sun = 112.3
|Nov sun = 58.9
|Dec sun = 46.0
|year sun = 1547.3
|source = KNMI<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.klimaatatlas.nl/tabel/stationsdata/klimtab_8110_290.pdf
|title = Twenthe, long-term averages, time period 1981–2010 (in Dutch)
|access-date = December 29, 2012}}</ref>
|date=December 2012}}