Merwede
The Merwede (sometimes also written Mervede ) is a lower reaches of the Waal , the southern arm of the Rhine in the river delta in the Netherlands .
It forms the border between the provinces of Zuid-Holland and Noord-Brabant . The Merwede is about 25 km long and can be used by all common inland vessels and push convoys.
From Loevestein Castle near Woudrichem, where the Meuse converged at Andel in 1904 , it is called “Boven-Merwede” ( German Obere Merwede ) to Werkendam and from there to Dordrecht with “Beneden-Merwede” (German Lower Merwede ) . The Linge and the Merwede Canal flow from the north at Gorinchem , and the Nieuwe Merwede branches off to the south-west at Werkendam , which joins the Bergse Maas at the level of the National Park de Biesbosch and flows into the North Sea via the Hollands Diep and the Haringvliet at Hellevoetsluis .
The following bridges run across the Merwede from east to west:
- Merwedebrücke near Gorinchem ( A27 ) (built 1959/1961)
- Baanhoekbrücke (Elst – Dordrecht railway) (built 1885, renewed 1978–1983)
- Merwedebrücke Papendrecht ( N3 ) (built 1967)
Opposite Dordrecht, the Noord forms a connection to the north in order to unite with the Lek , an arm of the Rhine to the north, at Krimpen aan de Lek . Both flow through the port of Rotterdam as the Nieuwe Maas and flow into the North Sea via the Nieuwe Waterweg near Hoek van Holland . In Dordrecht, the Oude Maas branches off to the west, which also flows into the Nieuwe Maas after 30 km in the port area of Rotterdam, and to the south the Dordtse Kil , which in turn flows into the Hollands Diep .
Web links
- Boven-Merwede Rijkswaterstaat (Dutch)
- Beneden-Merwede Rijkswaterstaat (Dutch)