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<p> An important river of [[Belgium]] and Holland, rises in the French dep. of Aisne, and flows northwards past [[Cambrai]] (its highest navigable point) and Valenciennes, entering Belgium a little S. of [[Tournay]] and continuing northward, with Oudenarde, Ghent, and [[Antwerp]] on its banks; enters Holland, and at the island of S. Beveland splits into the Wester [[Scheldt]] and the Ooster Scheldt, which enter the North Sea, the former at Flushing, the latter at Bergen-op-Zoom; length 267 m., much the greater part being in Belgium. </p> | <p> An important river of [[Belgium]] and Holland, rises in the French dep. of Aisne, and flows northwards past [[Cambrai]] (its highest navigable point) and Valenciennes, entering Belgium a little S. of [[Tournay]] and continuing northward, with Oudenarde, Ghent, and [[Antwerp]] on its banks; enters Holland, and at the island of S. Beveland splits into the Wester [[Scheldt]] and the Ooster Scheldt, which enter the North Sea, the former at Flushing, the latter at Bergen-op-Zoom; length 267 m., much the greater part being in Belgium. </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_79348"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/scheldt Scheldt from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_79348"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/scheldt Scheldt from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:58, 15 October 2021
Scheldt [1]
An important river of Belgium and Holland, rises in the French dep. of Aisne, and flows northwards past Cambrai (its highest navigable point) and Valenciennes, entering Belgium a little S. of Tournay and continuing northward, with Oudenarde, Ghent, and Antwerp on its banks; enters Holland, and at the island of S. Beveland splits into the Wester Scheldt and the Ooster Scheldt, which enter the North Sea, the former at Flushing, the latter at Bergen-op-Zoom; length 267 m., much the greater part being in Belgium.
