Western Scheldt

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The Western Scheldt is the estuarine mouth of the Scheldt River in the southwestern Netherlands, forming a key shipping route to the port of Antwerp and a major waterway in the province of Zeeland.


Statements (47)
Predicate Object
instanceOf estuary
river mouth
waterway
connectsTo North Sea
country Netherlands
crossedBy Western Scheldt Tunnel
ferry services
DutchName Westerschelde
flowsPast Breskens NERFINISHED
Hansweert NERFINISHED
Terneuzen NERFINISHED
flowsThrough Walcheren
Zeelandic Flanders NERFINISHED
governedBy Dutch authorities
hasCharacteristic estuarine
tidal
hasEcologicalRole habitat for migratory birds
nursery area for fish
hasImportantStructure Western Scheldt Tunnel
hasLegalStatus international shipping lane
hasMouthNear Vlissingen NERFINISHED
hasNavigationFunction deep‑draft shipping channel
hasSeaArmType Scheldt estuary
importantFor access to Port of Antwerp
international shipping
regional economy of Zeeland
languageOfToponym Dutch
locatedIn Zeeland NERFINISHED
southwestern Netherlands
majorShippingRouteFor Port of Antwerp
mouthOf Scheldt River
near Belgian border
partOf Delta of Rhine Meuse Scheldt
Scheldt Delta
Scheldt River system
Scheldt estuary navigation channel
servesPort Antwerp NERFINISHED
subjectTo coastal management policies
dredging
flood risk management
sedimentation
strong tidal currents
terminusOf Scheldt River
usedFor fishing
inland navigation
maritime shipping
recreation


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