Bergsche Maas

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artificial river distributary canalised river

The Bergsche Maas is a major artificial distributary of the River Maas in the Netherlands, created in the late 19th century to improve flood control and navigation in the Dutch river delta.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Bergse Maas	6

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	artificial river distributary ⓘ canalised river ⓘ
connectsWaterBody	Hollands Diep NERFINISHED ⓘ River Maas NERFINISHED ⓘ
constructionStartDate	late 19th century ⓘ
country	Netherlands ⓘ
createdByProject	Maaswerken NERFINISHED ⓘ
distributaryOf	River Maas NERFINISHED ⓘ
flowsAlongBorderOf	Gelderland NERFINISHED ⓘ North Brabant NERFINISHED ⓘ South Holland NERFINISHED ⓘ
flowsThrough	municipality of Altena NERFINISHED ⓘ municipality of Drimmelen NERFINISHED ⓘ municipality of Geertruidenberg NERFINISHED ⓘ municipality of Heusden ⓘ municipality of Waalwijk NERFINISHED ⓘ
formsBoundaryBetween	Land van Heusden en Altena and Langstraat region NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasBridge	Hedel Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Keizersveer Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFerry	Bern–Herpt ferry ⓘ Drongelen–Waalwijk ferry NERFINISHED ⓘ Dussen–Sprang-Capelle ferry NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFloodControlFunction	diverting Maas discharge directly to Hollands Diep ⓘ
inception	1904 ⓘ
inflow	Maas NERFINISHED ⓘ
isDownstreamOf	Maas near Heusden ⓘ
isUpstreamOf	Amer NERFINISHED ⓘ
length	approximately 24 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn	province of North Brabant ⓘ
mouthOfWaterBody	Hollands Diep NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	Maas NERFINISHED ⓘ
navigationFunction	shipping route between Maas and Hollands Diep ⓘ
opened	1904 ⓘ
outflow	Amer NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Delta Works era river regulation system ⓘ Dutch river delta ⓘ River Maas system ⓘ
purpose	flood control ⓘ improved navigation ⓘ river regulation ⓘ
replacedWaterBody	natural lower course of the Maas near Heusden ⓘ
separatedFrom	Merwede NERFINISHED ⓘ Waal NERFINISHED ⓘ
separationPurpose	to reduce flood risk in the Land of Heusden and Altena ⓘ
waterManagementAuthority	Rijkswaterstaat NERFINISHED ⓘ
waterwayType	navigable waterway ⓘ