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right Satellite image of the northwest part of the Rhine- Meuse delta showing river Nieuwe Maas (n).The Nieuwe Maas ("New Meuse") is a stretch of river in the Netherlands, taking water from the Rhine and the Meuse. It begins at the intersection of rivers Noord and Lek and flows west through Rotterdam. It continues until its confluence with the Oude Maas near the city of Vlaardingen. Here, the Nieuwe Maas originally forked into two branches, with river Het Scheur flowing westward and the Nieuwe Maas continuing southwest to the town of Den Briel, where the Scheur and Nieuwe Maas branches flowed together again to form the Brielse Maas estuary. The last stretch of Nieuwe Maas was dammed off, however, at the BotlekSatellite image of the Rhine- Meuse delta showing the Botlek (r). The Botlek originally was the name of a stretch of the Nieuwe Maas river, part of the Rhine- Meuse delta near the Dutch city of Vlaardingen in the province of Zuid-Holland. Specifically, it straitA strait is a narrow channel of water that connects two larger bodies of water, and thus lies between two land masses. The terms strait channel and passage can be synonymous and interchangeable, although channel has other meanings. Many straits are econom, and all of its water is now discharged through Het Scheur. The total distance nowadays is approximately 24km.

Although this branch is called "Maas" (Meuse), it gets most of its water from river Rhine, of which it is an important estuary.

Connections between the mainland on the north and IJsselmondeSatellite image of the Rhine- Meuse delta, showing the island of IJsselmonde (9 IJsselmonde is an island between the Nieuwe Maas, Noord and Oude Maas rivers in the province of Zuid Holland in the Netherlands. The city of Rotterdam now occupies most of the island on the south, from west to east:

Rivers of the Netherlands Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt delta

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Nieuwe MaasSatellite image of the northwest part of the Rhine- Meuse delta showing river Nieuwe Maas (n). The Nieuwe Maas ("New Meuse") is a stretch of river in the Netherlands, taking water from the Rhine and the Meuse. It begins at the intersection of rivers NoordNieuwe WaterwegSatellite image of the northwest part of the Rhine- Meuse delta showing the Nieuwe Waterweg (t)The Nieuwe Waterweg ("New Waterway") is a ship canal in the Netherlands from het Scheur (a branch of the Rhine- Meuse delta) west of the town of Maassluis to thNieuwegeinNieuwegein is a municipality and a town in the central Netherlands. It lies about 7 km south of the city of Utrecht. It borders on the Lek River in the south. On the other side of the river is Vianen. To the west lies IJsselstein, to the east is Houten.
Nieuwerkerk aan den IJsselNieuwerkerk aan den IJssel (population: 21,649) is a town in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality covers an area of 18. The municipality of Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel also includes the following towns, villages and tNieuwerkerkenNieuwerkerken is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg. On January 1st, 2004 Nieuwerkerken had a total population of 6,516 (3,235 males and 3,281 females). The total area is 22. 46 kmē which gives a population density of 290. 10 inhabiNieuwe MerwedeThe 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 facilitate navigation and regulate river traffic in t
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