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- For the tall ship see Oosterschelde (ship).
The
Oosterschelde (Eastern Scheldt) is an
estuary in
Zeeland,
the Netherlands, between
Schouwen-Duiveland and
Tholen on the north and
Noord-Beveland and
Zuid-Beveland on the south. In Roman times it was the major Scheldt mouth. Before the
St. Felix's Flood it flowed north as a river from the east end of the
Westerschelde, turned west a little west of
Bergen op Zoom, and then west along the north edge of what is now the
Verdronken Land van Reimerswaal, and after that widened into an
estuary. Later parts of that lost land was reclaimed, restricting part of the connection to the
Scheldt river to a narrow channel called the
Kreekrak, which silted up and became unnavigable, and in
1903 was closed off with a
railway embankment, connecting in the process the
island of
Zuid-Beveland to the
mainland of
North Brabant.
Between Schouwen-Duiveland and Noord-Beveland there are two road connections, the Oosterscheldedam on the west and the Zeeland Bridge on the east.
The
Oosterscheldekering, between Schouwen-Duiveland and Noord-Beveland, is the largest of 13 ambitious
Delta works, designed to protect a large part of the Netherlands from flooding.
Bus 133 of Connexxion passes the dam, see Zeeland.
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nl:Oosterschelde
no:Oosterschelde
