Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta

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estuary system geographical region river delta

The Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta is a vast low-lying river delta in the Netherlands and Belgium where the Rhine, Meuse, and Scheldt rivers empty into the North Sea, forming one of Europe’s most important and heavily engineered estuarine systems.

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Observed surface forms (18)

Surface form	Occurrences
Rhine–Meuse delta	5
Scheldt basin	3
Scheldt estuary	3
Scheldt estuary region	3
Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt estuary	2
Dutch Delta region	1
Haringvliet	1
Hollands Diep	1
Meuse delta	1
Oosterschelde	1
Rhine delta	1
Rhine–Meuse estuary	1
Rijn–Maas–Schelde delta	1
Scheldt Delta	1
Scheldt–Rhine region	1
Southwestern Delta of the Netherlands	1
Westerschelde	1
Zeeland Delta	1

Statements (70)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	estuary system ⓘ geographical region ⓘ river delta ⓘ
characteristic	heavily engineered ⓘ low-lying ⓘ tidal ⓘ
containsPart	Biesbosch ⓘ Grevelingen ⓘ Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Haringvliet Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Hollands Diep Hollandsche IJssel ⓘ IJssel ⓘ Krammer ⓘ Lek ⓘ Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Meuse delta Nieuwe Maas ⓘ Nieuwe Waterweg ⓘ Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Oosterschelde Oude Maas ⓘ Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Rhine delta Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Scheldt estuary Volkerak ⓘ Waal ⓘ Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Westerschelde
country	Belgium ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ
drainageBasinArea	approximately 185000 square kilometres ⓘ
economicImportance	important agricultural region ⓘ important industrial region ⓘ major European shipping corridor ⓘ
emptiesInto	North Sea ⓘ
environmentalImportance	important bird migration area ⓘ important wetland habitat ⓘ
formedByRiver	Meuse ⓘ Rhine ⓘ Scheldt ⓘ
hasFloodProtectionProject	Delta Works ⓘ
hasFloodProtectionStructure	Brouwersdam ⓘ Grevelingendam ⓘ Haringvlietdam ⓘ Maeslantkering ⓘ Oesterdam ⓘ Delta Works ⓘ surface form: Oosterscheldekering Philipsdam ⓘ Storm surge barriers ⓘ Volkerakdam ⓘ
hydrologicalSystem	Meuse ⓘ surface form: Meuse basin Rhine ⓘ surface form: Rhine basin Scheldt ⓘ surface form: Scheldt basin
locatedIn	Flanders ⓘ Western Europe ⓘ province of Gelderland ⓘ province of Utrecht ⓘ provinces of North Brabant ⓘ provinces of South Holland ⓘ provinces of Zeeland ⓘ
majorCityInRegion	Antwerp ⓘ Dordrecht ⓘ Rotterdam ⓘ
majorPort	Port of Antwerp ⓘ Rotterdam ⓘ surface form: Port of Rotterdam Port of Vlissingen ⓘ
partOf	North Sea ⓘ surface form: North Sea basin
significantEvent	North Sea flood of 1953 ⓘ
threat	land subsidence ⓘ sea-level rise ⓘ storm surges ⓘ
usedFor	fisheries ⓘ inland navigation ⓘ recreation ⓘ

Referenced by (61)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta → containsPart → Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rhine delta

Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta → containsPart → Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meuse delta

Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta → containsPart → Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scheldt estuary

Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta → containsPart → Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Haringvliet

Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta → containsPart → Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hollands Diep

Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta → containsPart → Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oosterschelde

Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta → containsPart → Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Westerschelde

North Sea drainage basin → drainageAreaOf → Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta ⓘ

Netherlands → drainageBasin → Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta ⓘ

Uithoorn → drainageBasin → Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta ⓘ

Batavian people → inhabitedRegion → Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rhine–Meuse delta

Batavi tribe → livedIn → Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta ⓘ

subject surface form: Batavi

this entity surface form: Rhine–Meuse delta

Brouwersdam → locatedIn → Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta ⓘ

Delta Works → locatedIn → Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta ⓘ

Dordrecht → locatedIn → Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta ⓘ

Goeree-Overflakkee → locatedIn → Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta ⓘ

Krammer → locatedIn → Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta ⓘ

Nieuwe Waterweg → locatedIn → Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rhine–Meuse estuary

Oesterdam → locatedIn → Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta ⓘ

Philipsdam → locatedIn → Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta ⓘ

Volkerakdam → locatedIn → Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta ⓘ

Zoommeer → locatedIn → Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scheldt estuary region

Haringvlietdam → locatedInBodyOfWater → Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta ⓘ

Philipsdam → locatedInBodyOfWater → Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt estuary

island of Sint Philipsland → locatedInDelta → Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta ⓘ

North Sea via Brouwerssluis → locatedInRegion → Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southwestern Delta of the Netherlands

Kaag en Braassem → locatedInRiverBasin → Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta ⓘ

Volkerak → locatedInRiverBasin → Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scheldt basin

Port of Rotterdam → locatedOn → Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta ⓘ

Amstel River → partOf → Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta ⓘ

Bergen op Zoom → partOf → Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scheldt–Rhine region

Biesbosch → partOf → Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rijn–Maas–Schelde delta

Dender → partOf → Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scheldt basin

Eastern Scheldt → partOf → Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zeeland Delta

Goes → partOf → Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scheldt estuary region

Grevelingen → partOf → Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta ⓘ

Hoek van Holland → partOf → Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta ⓘ

Hollandsche IJssel → partOf → Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta ⓘ

Lek → partOf → Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta ⓘ

Lys → partOf → Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scheldt basin

Maas → partOf → Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta ⓘ

Meuse → partOf → Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta ⓘ

Nieuwe Maas → partOf → Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta ⓘ

Nieuwe Merwede → partOf → Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta ⓘ

Nieuwe Waterweg → partOf → Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta ⓘ

Oude Maas → partOf → Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta ⓘ

Oude Maas → partOf → Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rhine–Meuse delta

Rhine → partOf → Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta ⓘ

Scheldt → partOf → Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scheldt estuary

South Beveland → partOf → Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scheldt estuary region