Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt delta

Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt delta

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thumb|400px|right|Satellite_image_of_the_Northern_part_of_the_Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt_delta:1. Part of the island of Goeree-Overflakkee2. The island of Tiengemeten3. The west end of the province of North Brabant4. The island of Voorne5. The island of Putten6. The island of Hoeksche Waard7. The island of Dordrecht8. The National Park of Biesbosch9. The island of IJsselmonde10. The island of Rozenburg11. Part of the province of South Hollanda. The Oude Maasje streamb. The Bergse Maas ship canalc. The Afgedamde Maas section of the Meused. River Waale. River Boven Merwedef. The Nieuwe Merwede ship canalg. The Amer estuaryh. The Hollands Diep straiti. River Dordtse Kilj. River Beneden Merwedek. River Noordl. River Lekm. River Hollandse IJsseln. River Nieuwe Maaso. River Oude Maasp. River Spui (river)q. River Bernisser. The former strait of Botlek, now part of the Rotterdam sea ports. River Het Scheurt. The Nieuwe Waterweg ship canalu. The Brielse Meer (Lake Brielle, a former Rhine branche called Nieuwe Maas-Brielse Maas)v. The Haringvliet straitw. The Krammer straitx. Lake Grevelingeny. The North Sea.]
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thumb|400px|right|Satellite_image_of_the_Southern_part_of_the_Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt_delta:1. The former island of Walcheren2. The former island of Zuid-Beveland3. The former island of Noord-Beveland4. The island of Tholen5. The former island of Sint-Philipsland6. The former island of Schouwen-Duiveland7. Part of the former island of Goeree-Overflakkee (province of South Holland)8. The mainland, part of the province of North Brabant9. Part of the region of Zeeuws-Vlaanderena. River Scheldt in Belgium, near Antwerpb. The Westerschelde estuaryc. The Braakman bay (now dammed off)d. The Ghent-Terneuzen Canale. The Sloe strait which once separated Walcheren from Zuid-Beveland (now the port area of Flushing)f. The Veerse Meer (Lake Veere)g. The Zandkreek straith. The Scheldt-Rhine Canali. The Oosterschelde estuary, once a branch of River Scheldtj. The Eendracht, once a branch of River Scheldt, now a section of the Scheldt-Rhine Canalk. The Keeten-Mastgat straitl. The Krabbenkreek straitm. The Krammer straitn. Lake Grevelingeno. The North Sea.]

The Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt delta is a river delta in The Netherlands formed by the confluence of the Rhine, the Meuse and the Scheldt rivers. The result is a multitude of islands, branches and branch names that may at first sight look bewildering, especially as a waterway that appears to be one continuous stream may change names as many as seven times (e.g. Rhine > Bijlands Kanaal > Pannerdens Kanaal > Nederrijn > Lek > Nieuwe Maas > Het Scheur > Nieuwe Waterweg (> North Sea)).

The economic importance of the Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt delta is enormous, since the three rivers are important navigable waterways. The delta is the entrance from the North Sea to the vast German and Central European Hinterland (and, less so, France). Major ports in the delta are Rotterdam, Antwerp (Belgium), Flushing, and Amsterdam (through the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal). The land areas in the Delta are protected from flooding by the Delta Works.

External links

* [http://www.geo.uu.nl/fg/palaeogeography State of the art on academic research in the Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt delta]


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