Oosterschelde

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For the tall ship see Oosterschelde (ship).

The Oosterschelde (Eastern Scheldt) is an estuary in Zeeland, the Netherlands, between Schouwen-Duiveland and Tholen on the north and Noord-Beveland and Zuid-Beveland on the south. In Roman times it was the major Scheldt mouth. Before the St. Felix's Flood 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 north edge of what is now the Verdronken Land van Reimerswaal, and after that widened into an estuary. Later parts of that lost land was reclaimed, restricting part of the connection to the Scheldt river to a narrow channel called the Kreekrak, which silted up and became unnavigable, and in 1903 was closed off with a railway embankment, connecting in the process the island of Zuid-Beveland to the mainland of North Brabant.

Between Schouwen-Duiveland and Noord-Beveland there are two road connections, the Oosterscheldedam on the west and the Zeeland Bridge on the east.

The Oosterscheldekering, between Schouwen-Duiveland and Noord-Beveland, is the largest of 13 ambitious Delta works, designed to protect a large part of the Netherlands from flooding.

Bus 133 of Connexxion passes the dam, see Zeeland.

See also

• Delta Works

External links

• http://library.thinkquest.org/C001635F/engoosterschelde_kering.htm
• http://www.nioo.knaw.nl/cemo/phase/oosterschelde.htm (see 1st and 2nd map)
• http://www.binnenvaart.be/pictures/kaarten/waterwegen/21merwede.gif

• [Satellite view, google maps]

 

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