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2. Bergse Maas - Wikipedia

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   The Bergsche Maas (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈbɛr(ə)xsə ˈmaːs]; current spelling: Bergsche Maas) is a canal that was constructed in 1904 to be a branch of the river Maas (French: Meuse) in the Dutch province of North Brabant. The Maas splits near Heusden into the Afgedamde Maas and the Bergse Maas.

3. Oude Maasje - Wikipedia

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   Thereafter, the Maas split near Heusden into two main distributaries, one flowing north to join the Merwede, and one flowing directly to the sea. This latter branch is the current Oude Maasje. The branch eventually silted up, and in 1904 a new parallel channel was dug in the drainage basin, the Bergse Maas. This channel then took over the ...

4. The Avenue at Middelharnis - Wikipedia

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   Aelbert Cuyp, The Avenue at Meerdervoort, 1650–1652, Wallace Collection. Meindert Hobbema (1638–1709) was a pupil of Jacob van Ruisdael, the pre-eminent landscape painter of the Dutch Golden Age, and in his mature period produced paintings developing one aspect of his master's more varied output, showing very different scenes from this painting.

5. Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta - Wikipedia

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   Partition of Rhine and Meuse water among the various branches of their delta (Scheldt in lower left; Meuse labelled "Maas") The Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta is a river delta in the Netherlands formed by the confluence of the Rhine, the Meuse (Dutch: Maas) and the Scheldt rivers. In some cases, the Scheldt delta is considered a separate delta ...

6. Meuse - Wikipedia

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   From that moment on, the current Afgedamde Maas was the main branch of the lower Meuse. The former main branch eventually silted up and is today called the Oude Maasje. In the late 19th century and early 20th century the connection between the Maas and Rhine was closed off and the Maas was given a new, artificial mouth – the Bergse Maas.

7. Rhine - Wikipedia

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   For flood protection reasons, the Meuse was separated from the Waal through a lock and diverted into a new outlet called "Bergse Maas", then Amer and then flows into the former bay Hollands Diep. The northwestern part of the estuary (around Hook of Holland ), is still called Maasmond ("Meuse Mouth"), ignoring the fact that it now carries only ...

8. Land van Altena - Wikipedia

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   The Land of Altena lies on a river island in the estuary of the rivers Rhine and Meuse. It is enclosed by the rivers Boven Merwede (north), Afgedamde Maas (east) and Oude Maasje/Bergse Maas (south) and by the regions De Biesbosch (west) and the (former) Land of Heusden (southeast).

9. Drongelens Canal - Wikipedia

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   Bovenlandse Lock in 1986 Bovenlandse Lock from the Meuse. The Drongelens Canal exits into the Bergse Maas near Drongelen. Just before doing so, it passes the Bovenlandse Lock Bovenlandse Sluis. The qualification of the Bovenlandse Lock is an interesting matter. It is not a pure lock, because it cannot lift ships by use of a lock chamber.