Nieuwe Maas

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The Nieuwe Maas is a major distributary of the Rhine and Meuse rivers flowing through Rotterdam in the Netherlands, forming an important part of the region’s busy inland waterway network.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Nieuwe Maas river 1

Statements (36)

Predicate Object
instanceOf distributary
river
connectsTo Hollands Diep
Lek
Nieuwe Waterweg
Noord
Oude Maas
country Netherlands
distributaryOf Meuse
Rhine
flowsThrough Rotterdam
formsBoundaryBetween north bank of Rotterdam
south bank of Rotterdam
hasBridge Erasmus Bridge
Van Brienenoord Bridge
Willemsbrug
hasFloodProtectionInfrastructure dikes
storm surge barriers (regional)
hasPortFacility Port of Rotterdam
hasTunnel Beneluxtunnel
Botlektunnel
Maastunnel
locatedIn Randstad metropolitan region
surface form: Randstad

Rotterdam
surface form: Rotterdam metropolitan area

South Holland
mouthOfWaterBody Het Scheur
Oude Maas
nameMeaning Meuse
surface form: New Meuse
partOf Dutch inland waterway network
Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta
main shipping route between North Sea and German hinterland
tributaryTo Nieuwe Waterweg and Het Scheur system
usedFor freight transport
inland navigation
passenger transport
waterwayType tidal river

Referenced by (10)

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

Nieuwe Waterweg connectsTo Nieuwe Maas
Oude Maas connectsWith Nieuwe Maas
View of Delft depicts Nieuwe Maas
this entity surface form: Nieuwe Maas river
Lek formsConfluenceNamed Nieuwe Maas
Maeslantkering locatedAtMouthOf Nieuwe Maas
Brielle locatedNear Nieuwe Maas
Hollandsche IJssel mouth Nieuwe Maas
Oude Maas mouthOfWaterBody Nieuwe Maas
Lek tributaryTo Nieuwe Maas