Excerpt from Ypres and the Battles of Ypres
The town of Ypres lies in a sort of natural basin formed by a maritime plain intersected by canals, and dominated on the north, north-east and south by low wooded hills.
These canals, of which the Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге Ypres and the Battles of Ypres (Classic Reprint)