The Western Scheldt (Dutch: Westerschelde), in the province of Zeeland in the southwestern Netherlands, is the estuary of the Scheldt river. This river...
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branches from that point: the Oosterschelde (Eastern Scheldt); and the Westerschelde (Western Scheldt). In the 19th century, however, the Dutch built a dyke...
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Western Scheldt Tunnel (Dutch: Westerscheldetunnel) is a 6.6-kilometre (4.1 mi) tunnel in the Netherlands that carries highway N62 under the Western Scheldt...
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The Battle of the Scheldt in World War II was a series of military operations to open up the Scheldt river between Antwerp and the North Sea for shipping...
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The Eastern Scheldt (Dutch: Oosterschelde) is a former estuary in the province of Zeeland, Netherlands, between Schouwen-Duiveland and Tholen on the north...
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Zeelandic Flanders (category Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta)
region of the province of Zeeland in the south-western Netherlands. It lies south of the Western Scheldt that separates the region from the remainder of...
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Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta is a river delta in the Netherlands formed by the confluence of the Rhine, the Meuse (Dutch: Maas) and the Scheldt rivers. In...
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came in 2003 when the Western Scheldt Tunnel was opened. It was the first solid connection between both banks of the Western Scheldt and ended the era of...
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Delta Works (category Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta)
Oosterscheldekering Philipsdam Rotterdam Scheldt Rhine Canal Veerse Gatdam Volkerakdam Seawater Western Scheldt Zandkreekdam Zeeland Bridge The Delta Works...
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Zuid-Beveland (category Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta)
province of Zeeland in the Netherlands north of the Western Scheldt and south of the Eastern Scheldt. It is a former island, now peninsula, crossed by the...
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advance along the Western Scheldt to the harbour of Antwerp, a French naval base. The Royal Navy's patrols into the Western Scheldt and a dockyard strike...
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Walcheren (category Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta)
of Zeeland at the mouth of the Scheldt estuary. It lies between the Eastern Scheldt in the north and the Western Scheldt in the south and is roughly the...
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depart for Zealand to block the Western Scheldt against a German crossing. These would send forward forces over the Scheldt estuary into the Isles, supplied...
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Neuzen. The city of Terneuzen is located on the southern shore of the Western Scheldt estuary. The municipality of Terneuzen consists of the following population...
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Category:Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt delta. Note for additions: please remember to add the city where the river meets for each river. Western Scheldt/Westerschelde (at...
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Canal Scheldt Schelde Escaut Current distributaries Western Scheldt Former distributaries Oosterschelde Eendracht Current estuaries Western Scheldt Former...
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land is a crosspoint where the river Scheldt meets the salty waters of the North Sea in the estuary Western Scheldt. It is a treacherous place where the...
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Rotterdam. Antwerp stands at the upper end of the tidal estuary of the Scheldt. The estuary is navigable by ships of more than 100,000 Gross Tons as far...
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Oosterscheldekering Philipsdam Rotterdam Scheldt Rhine Canal Veerse Gatdam Volkerakdam Seawater Western Scheldt Zandkreekdam Zeeland Bridge The Oesterdam...
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Waal (river) (category Rivers of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta)
to the river. The river, which is the main channel in the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta system, carries 65% of the total flow of the Rhine. The name Waal...
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Southampton Water Tagus Estuary Thames Estuary The Wash Unterelbe Western Scheldt Albemarle Sound including Outer Banks of North Carolina Chesapeake...
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city originally started as a settlement at the confluence of the Rivers Scheldt and Leie and in the Late Middle Ages became one of the largest and richest...
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Canal through Zuid-Beveland (category Canals in the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta)
peninsula. It connects the Western Scheldt near Hansweert (to the south of the canal) via a lock complex and the Eastern Scheldt (to the north) with which...
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to be removed. The ship was towed to Zeebrugge, and then across the Western Scheldt to the yard of De Schelde in Vlissingen (Flushing, Netherlands), where...
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IJssel (category Rivers of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta)
course of the Nederrijn, which altogether is known as the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta. The name contains the digraph ij, used throughout modern Dutch orthography...
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The Scheldt–Rhine Canal (Schelde-Rijnkanaal) in Belgium and the Netherlands connects Antwerp with the Volkerak, and thereby the Scheldt with the Rhine...
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Hollands Diep (category Rivers of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta)
estuary of the Rhine and Meuse rivers. Through the Scheldt-Rhine Canal it connects to the Scheldt river and Antwerp. The Bergse Maas river and the Nieuwe...
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rise. In the Western Scheldt, a strategy similar to TRM has been proposed to naturally raise the land. During high tide, the Western Scheldt delivers sediment...
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Leiden Stationstunnel, Venlo Thomassentunnel Velsertunnel Vlaketunnel Western Scheldt Tunnel (Dutch: Westerscheldetunnel) Wijkertunnel Zeeburgertunnel Botlek...
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Knokke. He devised a plan to attack Walcheren, on the other side of the Western Scheldt. However, waiting for him at sea was a blockading squadron, commanded...
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