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South part of the Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt delta in the Netherlands, focusing on the Scheldt-influenced bit and showing most of the province of Zeeland. This false colour image was made by NLR and ESA.

The numbers and letters, which have been added afterwards, indicate the following land and water features:

  1. The former island of Walcheren
  2. The former island of Zuid-Beveland
  3. The former island of Noord-Beveland
  4. The island of Tholen
  5. The former island of Sint-Philipsland
  6. The former island of Schouwen-Duiveland
  7. Part of the former island of Goeree-Overflakkee (province of South Holland)
  8. The mainland, part of the province of North Brabant
  9. Part of the region of Zeeuws-Vlaanderen
  1. River Scheldt (in Belgium, near Antwerp)
  2. The Westerschelde estuary
  3. The Braakman bay (now dammed off)
  4. The Ghent-Terneuzen Canal
  5. The Sloe strait which once separated Walcheren from Zuid-Beveland (now the port area of Flushing)
  6. The Veerse Meer (Lake Veere)
  7. The Zandkreek strait
  8. The Scheldt-Rhine Canal
  9. The Oosterschelde estuary, once a branch of River Scheldt
  10. The Eendracht, once a branch of River Scheldt, now a section of the Scheldt-Rhine Canal
  11. The Keeten-Mastgat strait
  12. The Krabbenkreek strait
  13. The Krammer strait
  14. Lake Grevelingen
  15. The North Sea

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current11:24, 19 August 2004800×600 (127 KB)Cwoyte (Talk | contribs) (South part of the Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt delta, focusing on the Scheldt-influenced bit and showing most of the province of Zeeland {{PD}})