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    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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    Terneuzen - Hulst (passing through the Westerschelde Tunnel) Line 50: Middelburg - Terneuzen (passing through the Westerschelde tunnel) Line 104: Renesse – Brouwersdam...
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    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...
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  • 700 kilometres (430 mi). The mouths of the Nieuwe Waterweg and the Westerschelde were to remain open because of the important shipping routes to the...
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    ferry connection across the Westerschelde exists between Breskens and Vlissingen. After the opening of the Westerschelde tunnel near Terneuzen in 2003...
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    the river Scheldt. Antwerp is linked to the North Sea by the river's Westerschelde estuary. It is about 40 km (25 mi) north of Brussels, and about 15 km...
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    Breskens is a harbour town on the Westerschelde in the municipality of Sluis, Netherlands. Its population is 4,787 (as of 2010[update]). The town is noted...
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  • very dangerous Raan shoal in the south (located in the mouth of the Westerschelde estuary) and the elongated Thorntonbank in the north. During the Third...
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  • founded. The Arne gave the city access to the Sloe, a confluent of the Westerschelde. Between 1266 and 1301, the Arne was dammed in Middelburg and later...
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    closed off the entrance to the world's biggest harbour of Antwerp, the Westerschelde. Therefore, Ostend rose in importance because the town provided an alternative...
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    Vliestroom (ex-BYMS-2155, ex-YMS-155), Volkerak (ex-BYMS-2188, ex-YMS-188"), Westerschelde (ex-BYMS-2046, ex-BYMS-46) and Zuiderdiep (ex-BYMS-2048, ex-BYMS-48)...
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    riverine at low tide. The length of the Scheldt traditionally includes the Westerschelde estuary, which is riverine at low tide [1]. The catchment area includes...
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    Walcheren in the Netherlands crosses the east of Walcheren. It connects the Westerschelde and the Veerse Meer. In the 15th and 16th century Middelburg, capital...
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  • add the city where the river meets for each river. Western Scheldt/Westerschelde (at Vlissingen) Scheldt/Schelde (near Zandvliet, Belgium) Oosterschelde...
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  • Weerribben 3,329 8,230 West Point 2,185 5,400 Western Wetlands 392 970 Westerschelde & Saeftinghe 43,647 107,850 Wieden 9,400 23,000 Zoommeer 1,175 2,900...
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  • Marine Insurance News. 4 April 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019. on the Westerschelde in Terneuzen shortly after midnight on April 1st "Hungary tourist boat...
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    is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is located on the Westerschelde, about 7 km east of Breskens, in the municipality of Sluis. The village...
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    Flood of 1530, it flowed north as a river from the east end of the Westerschelde, turned west a little west of Bergen op Zoom, and then west along the...
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    inlets have been closed off from the sea by dams and barriers. Only the Westerschelde needs to remain open for shipping access to the port of Antwerp. Plans...
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  • flag of Terneuzen. The stripes represent the North Sea, the Zwin and Westerschelde. The yellow stripe in the middle of the flag is charged with a black...
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    Coast". "Verkenning effecten Versnelde zeespiegelstijging op dynamiek Westerschelde estuariene systeem" (PDF). 18 Jun 1998. Likens, Gene E. (20 May 2010)...
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  • channels and lakes except IJsselmeer, Markermeer, IJmeer, Waddenzee, Westerschelde, Oosterschelde, Eems and Dollard Klein Vaarbewijs II valid for LOA >...
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    permission from Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor to dig a canal to the Westerschelde. Between 1551 and 1563, a lock was constructed north of Zelzate which...
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  • Handelsblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 2 January 2023. "Polderalternatief voor Westerschelde". NRC Handelsblad (in Dutch). 2 July 2008. Retrieved 2 January 2023...
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    built between 1547 and 1556 by orders of Mary of Hungary to control the Westerschelde (Antwerp) and the former Sloe [nl] (Middelburg). The fort was a near...
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  • (Frankfurt, 1999)". Structurae. "Trianon (Frankfurt, 1993)". Structurae. "Westerschelde Tunnel (Terneuzen/Nieuwdorp, 2003)". Structurae. Groß, Lothar (2012)...
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  • World War for use as a Vorpostenboot. She struck a mine and sank in the Westerschelde on 5 September 1940. Gebrüder Kähler was 49.53 metres (162 ft 6 in)...
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    included the area around Bruges, and was bordered by the North Sea, the Westerschelde and the Yser river. The city of Bruges was separated from the castellany...
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    000 visitors per year went on excursions. Wetlands portal Lost city "Westerschelde & Saeftinghe". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April...
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