nieuwe maas造句

• "' Het Scheur "'(; Dutch for " The Rip " ) is a branch of the Rhine-Meuse confluence of the Oude Maas and Nieuwe Maas branches past the towns of Rozenburg and Maassluis.
• The settlement at the lower end of the fen stream " dikes and dams, including " Schielands Hoge Zeedijk " ('Schieland s High Sea Dike') along the northern banks of the present-day Nieuwe Maas.
• For instance the Dutch capital Amsterdam ( old name " Amstelredam " ) started with a dam through the river Amstel in the late 12th century, and Rotterdam started with a dam through the river Rotte, a minor tributary of the Nieuwe Maas.
• Rotterdam Centrum is bounded by the emplacement of the Rotterdam Centraal railway station and the Goudsesingel in the North, the Tunneltraverse of the Henegouwerlaan and's-Gravendijkwal in the West, the Nieuwe Maas River in the South and the Oostplein in the East.
• The name IJsselmonde is also used to denote the island in the Rhine Meuse Scheldt delta bordered by the Nieuwe Maas to the north, the Oude Maas to the south, and the IJsselmonde refers this island's location at the mouth of the Hollandse IJssel.
• Originally, Het Scheur was the northern branch of the river around Rozenburg island and curved south a few kilometres past Maassluis to join the Nieuwe Maas again in the Maasmond ( " Mouth of Meuse " ) estuary near channelized main mouth of the Rhine-Meuse delta.
• The city centre is located on the northern bank of the Nieuwe Maas, although recent urban development has extended the centre to parts of southern Rotterdam known as " De Kop van Zuid " ('the Head of South', i . e . the northern part of southern Rotterdam ).
• Both the current Merwede and all of its lower stretches ( now called Noord river, Oude Maas and Nieuwe Maas ) are now consequently almost exclusively fed by the Rhine, while the Meuse has been given its own artificial mouth, Bergse Maas, and the two rivers Rhine and Meuse are now mostly separated to reduce the risk of flooding.
• It consists of the city centre's historic harbor area, including Delfshaven; the Maashaven / Rijnhaven / Feijenoord complex; the harbours around Nieuw-Mathenesse; Waalhaven; Vondelingenplaat; Eemhaven; Botlek; Europoort, situated along the Calandkanaal, Nieuwe Waterweg and Scheur ( the latter two being continuations of the Nieuwe Maas ); and the reclaimed Maasvlakte area, which projects into the North Sea.
• Two thirds of the water flow volume of the Rhine flows farther west, through the Waal and then, via the Merwede and Nieuwe Merwede ( De Biesbosch ), merging with the Meuse, through the Hollands Diep and Haringvliet Lek, near the village of Kinderdijk, to form the Nieuwe Maas; then flows past Rotterdam and continues via Het Scheur and the Nieuwe Waterweg, to the North Sea.