- Nieuwe Merwede
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The Nieuwe Merwede ("New Merwede") is a canal that was constructed in 1870 to form a branch in the Rhine-Meuse delta. It was dug along the general trajectories of a number of minor Biesbosch creeks to reduce the risk of flooding by diverting the water away from the Beneden Merwede, and to facilitate navigation and regulate river traffic in the increasingly silted-up delta.
It is one of several rivers called Merwede. The river Boven Merwede ("Upper Merwede"), itself the continuation of the Rhine-Waal and Meuse (now Afgedamde Maas) rivers after their confluence at Gorinchem, branches near the town of Hardinxveld-Giessendam into River Beneden Merwede ("Lower Merwede") to the northwest and the Nieuwe Merwede to the southwest. The Nieuwe Merwede joins River Bergse Maas near Lage Zwaluwe to form the Hollands Diep estuary, and separates the Island of Dordrecht from the Biesbosch National Park.
There are no bridges or tunnels crossing the Nieuwe Merwede, but there is a car ferry from the Island of Dordrecht on the west at "Kop van 't Land" to Brabantse Oever, Werkendam (Biesbosch).
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Coordinates: 51°47′15″N 4°45′50″E / 51.7875°N 4.76389°E
Rhine
Rijn
RhinCurrent distributaries: Waal · Nederrijn · IJssel · Lek · Merwede · Boven Merwede · Nieuwe Merwede · Beneden Merwede · Oude Maas · Dordtsche Kil · Noord · Nieuwe Maas · Het Scheur · Nieuwe Waterweg
Associated canals: Bijlands Kanaal · Pannerdens Kanaal · Amsterdam–Rhine Canal · Vaartse Rijn · Nieuwe Merwede · Nieuwe Waterweg · Scheldt–Rhine Canal · Maas-Waal Canal
Former distributaries: Kromme Rijn · Leidse Rijn · Oude Rijn · Hollandse IJssel · Vecht · Brielse Maas · Spui
Current estuaries: Nieuwe Waterweg · IJsselmeer
Former estuaries: Hollands Diep · Haringvliet · Volkerak · Krammer · Grevelingen · Keeten-Mastgat · OosterscheldeMeuse
MaasCurrent distributaries: Bergse Maas · Amer
Associated canals: Heusden Canal · Bergse Maas · Maas-Waal Canal
Former distributaries: Oude Maasje · Afgedamde Maas · Merwede · Boven Merwede · Beneden Merwede · Oude Maas · Dordtsche Kil · Noord · Nieuwe Maas · Het Scheur · Nieuwe Waterweg
Current estuaries:
Former estuaries: Hollands Diep · Haringvliet · Volkerak · Krammer · Grevelingen · Keeten-Mastgat · OosterscheldeScheldt
Schelde
EscautCurrent distributaries: Western Scheldt
Associated canals: Scheldt–Rhine Canal
Former distributaries: Oosterschelde · Eendracht
Current estuaries: Western Scheldt
Former estuaries: Oosterschelde · Krammer · GrevelingenOther rivers
(directly draining
into the delta)Islands and
PeninsulasTowns Rotterdam · Antwerp · Dordrecht · Bergen-op-Zoom · Schiedam · Vlissingen · Vlaardingen · Middelburg · SpijkenisseOther topics Delta Works · Verdronken Land van Reimerswaal · Verdronken Land van Saeftinghe · St. Elizabeth's flood (1421) · St. Felix's Flood · All Saints' Flood (1570)Categories:- Canals in the Netherlands
- Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta
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