Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt delta

The Meuse river splits near Heusden into the Afgedamde Maas on the right and the Bergse Maas on the left. The north branch joins the Waal near Woudrichem to form the Boven Merwede. ...more on Wikipedia about "Afgedamde Maas"

The Amer is a river in the Dutch province of Noord-Brabant. It is the continuation of the Bergse Maas river from the river Donge near Raamsdonksveer to the point where it joins river Nieuwe Merwede to form the Hollands Diep estuary, and has a total length of ±20 km. River Amer is a major navigation route. It forms the south boundary of the Biesbosch National Park. ...more on Wikipedia about "Amer"

The Beneden Merwede is a stretch of river in the Netherlands, the continuation of the Boven Merwede after the branching-off of the Nieuwe Merwede ship canal. It flows from Hardinxveld-Giessendam to Dordrecht, where it splits into the Noord and Oude Maas rivers. Its length is 14.9 km. ...more on Wikipedia about "Beneden Merwede"

The Bergse Maas or Bergsche Maas is a canal that was constructed in 1904 to be a branch of the Meuse River in the Dutch province of Noord-Brabant. River Meuse splits near Heusden into the Afgedamde Maas ("Dammed-off Meuse") to the north and the Bergse Maas to the west. Historically, a natural Meuse branch flowed from Heusden to the Amer and Hollands Diep estuary; this branch silted up and now forms the stream called Oude Maasje ("Little Old Meuse"). The Bergse Maas, which takes its name from the town of Geertruidenberg, was constructed in its basin to take over its functions. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bergse Maas"

Bernisse (population 12,684 in 2004) is a municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality covers an area of 68.59 km² (of which 11.25 km² water). ...more on Wikipedia about "Bernisse"

Betuwe is an area in the Netherlands in the province of Gelderland. Tacitus knew it as Insula Batavorum ("Island of the Batavians," the Germanic tribe from which the modern name is derived) and indeed it could be considered a large river island, but nowadays it hardly ever is viewed as such. When the Pannerdens Kanaal was dug between 1701 and 1709, the easternmost tip of the Betuwe (including the towns of Pannerden and Lobith) was cut off from the rest of the region. ...more on Wikipedia about "Betuwe"

The Biesbosch (modern spelling) or Biesbos (older spelling), meaning 'Reed Woods' is one of the largest national parks of the Netherlands. It is one of the last freshwater tide areas in Europe. The Biesbosch consists of a large network of rivers and smaller and larger creeks with islands. The flora is mostly willow forests, with some grasslands and fields of reed. ...more on Wikipedia about "Biesbosch"

The Bijlands Kanaal (Bijland Canal) is a canal in the Dutch province of Gelderland, near the Dutch- German border. It was dug between 1773 and 1776 to cut off a large bend in river Waal (now the Oude Waal in De Bijland National Park). ...more on Wikipedia about "Bijlands Kanaal"

The Botlek originally was the name of a stretch of the Nieuwe Maas river, part of the Rhine- Meuse delta near the Dutch city of Vlaardingen in the province of Zuid-Holland. Specifically, it was the name of the strait that separated the island of Rozenburg from the sand bar of Welplaat. The strait itself was merely the continuation of the Nieuwe Maas, and the stretch of the river south of Rozenburg continued to be called Nieuwe Maas until the confluence with het Scheur formed the Brielse Maas estuary. ...more on Wikipedia about "Botlek"

The Boven Merwede is a stretch of river in the Netherlands. ...more on Wikipedia about "Boven Merwede"

The Brielse Meer ("Lake Den Briel") is a long, narrow lake between the Dutch estuary islands of Voorne and Rozenburg in the province of Zuid-Holland. ...more on Wikipedia about "Brielse meer"

In the North Sea Flood of 1953, breaks in the dikes and seawalls in the Netherlands killed 1,835 people and forced the evacuation of 70,000 more. 10,000 animals drowned, and 4,500 buildings were destroyed. To prevent such a tragedy from happening again, an ambitious flood defense system was conceived and deployed, called the Delta Works ( Dutch: Deltawerken). ...more on Wikipedia about "Delta Works"

Dordrecht (population 119,649 ( 2004)) is a city in the Dutch province of South Holland, the third largest city of the province. The city can be found at the place het Drierivierenpunt (three river junction) where the Beneden Merwede river splits into the Noord and Oude Maas rivers. At this junction, Dordrecht is facing the cities of Papendrecht and Zwijndrecht. Later on the Dordtsche Kil river connects the Oude Maas river to the Hollands Diep. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dordrecht"

The Dordtsche Kil is a short river in South Holland in the Netherlands. The river is tidal and forms the connection between the Oude Maas river and the Hollands Diep. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dordtsche Kil"

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The Eendracht is a former tidal branch of river Scheldt that has been channelised to form the northern stretch of the Scheldt-Rhine Canal. It flows from the Markiezaatsmeer lake (formerly part of the Oosterschelde) near Bergen op Zoom past the town and eponymous island of Tholen towards the former island of Sint-Philipsland, where it used to end in the Krabbenkreek estuary. The passage to the estuary has been closed off, however, and an additional stretch of canal was dug to connect the Eendracht to the Krammer lake, itself a former estuary closed off from the sea during the Delta Works. ...more on Wikipedia about "Eendracht"

Europoort ("Eurogate", also "Europort") is a very large harbour and industrial area near the city of Rotterdam in the Netherlands. It is located on the island of Rozenburg. ...more on Wikipedia about "Europoort"

The Ghent-Terneuzen Canal (Dutch: Kanaal van Gent naar Terneuzen) is a canal linking Ghent in Belgium to the port of Terneuzen on the Westerschelde ( Scheldt) estuary in the Netherlands, thereby providing the former with access to the sea. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ghent-Terneuzen Canal"

Goeree-Overflakkee (7 in the image, only partly shown) is the southernmost delta island of the province of South Holland, Netherlands. ...more on Wikipedia about "Goeree-Overflakkee"

Grevelingen or Grevelingenmeer ( Lake Grevelingen) is a former Rhine- Meuse estuary on the border of the Dutch provinces of South Holland and Zeeland that has become a lake due to the Delta Works. ...more on Wikipedia about "Grevelingen"

The Haringvliet is a large inlet of the North Sea, in the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. It is an important estuary of the Rhine- Meuse delta. ...more on Wikipedia about "Haringvliet"

River Het Scheur is a branch of the Rhine- Meuse delta that flows west from the confluence of the Oude Maas and Nieuwe Maas branches past the towns of Rozenburg and Maassluis. Originally, it curved south a few kilometres past Maassluis to join the Nieuwe Maas again in the Brielse Maas estuary near Den Briel, but it was dammed off and connected to the east end of the Nieuwe Waterweg ship canal to form the new, semi-artificial main mouth of the Rhine-Meuse delta. ...more on Wikipedia about "Het Scheur"

Hoeksche Waard is an island between the Oude Maas, Dordtsche Kil, Hollands Diep, Haringvliet and Spui rivers in the province of Zuid Holland in the Netherlands. The island is a mostly agricultural region, south of Rotterdam. The Hoeksche Waard consists of reclaimed land ( polders): after the Saint Elisabeth flood of 1421 most of the area was flooded. The land has been reclaimed gradually in the following centuries. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hoeksche Waard"

The Hollandse IJssel (" Holland IJssel", as opposed to the 'regular' or Gelderland IJssel) is a branch of the Rhine delta that flows westward from Nieuwegein on river Lek through IJsselstein, Gouda and Capelle aan den IJssel to Krimpen aan den IJssel, where it ends in the Nieuwe Maas. Another branch called Enge IJssel ("Narrow IJssel") flows southwest from Nieuwegein. The name IJssel is thought to derive from the Germanic i sala, meaning "dark water". Originally, the Hollandse IJssel forked off from river Lek at Nieuwegein, but the connection was cut off with the Hollandse IJssel nowadays only draining the surrounding pastures. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hollandse IJssel"

River IJssel, sometimes called Gelderse IJssel ( Gelderland IJssel) to avoid confusion with its Holland counterpart, is a 120 km long branch of the Rhine in the Dutch provinces of Gelderland and Overijssel. It flows north from the city of Arnhem until it discharges into the IJsselmeer ("Lake IJssel", until the 1932 completion of the Afsluitdijk known as the Zuiderzee). In medieval times the estuary of the IJssel was the Vlie. It is one of the three major distributary branches into which the Rhine divides itself shortly after crossing the German-Dutch border, the other two being the Nether Rhine and Waal rivers. The name IJssel is thought to derive from the Germanic i sala, meaning "dark water". ...more on Wikipedia about "IJssel"

IJsselmonde is an island between the Nieuwe Maas, Noord and Oude Maas rivers in the province of Zuid Holland in the Netherlands. The city of Rotterdam now occupies most of the northern part of the island and now includes the eponymous former village of IJsselmonde, once a separate community. The island was once a rich agricultural region, but is mostly suburbia today. ...more on Wikipedia about "IJsselmonde" http://www.shortopedia.com - Go in quickly. shortopedia

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