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Since the Middle Ages , however, the stream lost its importance as it silted up, and eventually it was cut off from the Nederrijn - Lek main artery. The stream twists and turns through the Province of Utrecht , past the Town s of Bunnik and Zeist , and ends in the Moat of the City of Utrecht .

Originally, the city of Utrecht was built by the Romans at a Ford near the place where the Kromme Rijn forks into rivers Vecht (north) and Leidse Rijn (west); the last stretch within the City Wall s, however, was Channelised to form the Oude Gracht Canal . Rivers Leidse Rijn and Vecht now extend from the city moat.