The projected trajectory of the Nieuwe Merwede canal, circa 1868 (dotted lines).The Nieuwe Merwede from Kievitswaard
The Nieuwe Merwede (Dutch pronunciation:[ˌniu.əˈmɛrʋeːdə]; "New Merwede") is a Dutch canal, mainly fed by the river Rhine, 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 reduce the risk of flooding by diverting the water away from the Beneden Merwede, and to facilitate navigation and regulate river traffic in the increasingly silted-up delta.[1]
It is one of several rivers called Merwede. The most upstream is the river Boven Merwede ("Upper Merwede"), itself the continuation of the Rhine-Waal river and, until 1904, the Meuse (now the closed-off Afgedamde Maas) as well. The Boven Merwede branches near the town of Hardinxveld-Giessendam into River Beneden Merwede ("Lower Merwede") to the northwest and the Nieuwe Merwede to the southwest. The Nieuwe Merwede joins River Bergse Maas near Lage Zwaluwe to form the Hollands Diep estuary, and separates the Island of Dordrecht from the Biesbosch National Park.
There are no bridges or tunnels crossing the Nieuwe Merwede, but there is a car ferry from the Island of Dordrecht on the west at "Kop van 't Land" to Brabantse Oever, Werkendam (Biesbosch).
^"Nieuwe Merwede" (in Dutch). Rijkswaterstaat. Archived from the original on 2013-01-12.
The NieuweMerwede (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌniu.ə ˈmɛrʋeːdə]; "New Merwede") is a Dutch canal, mainly fed by the river Rhine, that was constructed in 1870...
to form the Boven Merwede, which at Hardinxveld-Giessendam splits into the Beneden Merwede river on the right and the NieuweMerwede river on the left...
Rhine. It starts as the continuation of the Boven Merwede after the branching-off of the NieuweMerwede ship canal. It flows from Hardinxveld-Giessendam...
Boven Merwede (Upper Merwede). A few kilometers downstream it splits into the Beneden Merwede (Lower Merwede) on the right and the NieuweMerwede (New...
north towards the Merwede. From then on, several stretches of the original Merwede were named Maas instead, including the current Nieuwe Maas. In the late...
of Dordrecht where the Beneden Merwede river splits into the Noord and the Oude Maas. It ends when it joins the Nieuwe Maas to form Het Scheur. The Oude...
connects to the Scheldt river and Antwerp. The Bergse Maas river and the NieuweMerwede river join near Lage Zwaluwe to form the Hollands Diep. The Dordtsche...
("the Island of Dordt"), bordered by the rivers Oude Maas, Beneden Merwede, NieuweMerwede, Hollands Diep, and Dordtsche Kil. Dordrecht is the largest and...
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dikes exposed to the sea by 700 kilometres (430 mi). The mouths of the Nieuwe Waterweg and the Westerschelde were to remain open because of the important...
51°56′31″N 4°11′29″E / 51.94194°N 4.19139°E / 51.94194; 4.19139 The Nieuwe Waterweg ("New Waterway") is a ship canal in the Netherlands from het Scheur...
Sleeuwijk Tol. For road traffic to Dordrecht there is a ferry to cross the NieuweMerwede river. Gijsbert van Tienhoven (1841 in De Werken – 1914), Prime Minister...
the river Waal (the main distributary of the river Rhine) to form the Merwede, while the other channel (the Bergse Maas) continues west as the main distributary...
flooding event, the St. Elizabeth floods of 1421, this inlet connected to the Merwede and became an important estuary of the Rhine and Meuse rivers. It used...
Boven Merwede ("Upper Merwede"), Beneden Merwede ("Lower Merwede"), Noord ("the North"), Nieuwe Maas ("New Meuse"), Het Scheur ("the Rip") and Nieuwe Waterweg...
Biesbosch, which is separated from the rest of the Biesbosch by the NieuweMerwede river (which serves as the borderline between the provinces of South...
confluence of the Oude Maas and Nieuwe Maas branches past the towns of Rozenburg and Maassluis. It continues as the Nieuwe Waterweg (New Waterway) to the...
Nederrijn IJssel Lek Merwede Boven MerwedeNieuweMerwede Beneden Merwede Oude Maas Dordtsche Kil Noord Nieuwe Maas Scheur Nieuwe Waterweg Former distributaries...
branches. To achieve this canals such as the Pannerdens Kanaal and NieuweMerwede were dug. A committee reported in 1977 about the weakness of the river...
Nederrijn IJssel Lek Merwede Boven MerwedeNieuweMerwede Beneden Merwede Oude Maas Dordtsche Kil Noord Nieuwe Maas Scheur Nieuwe Waterweg Former distributaries...
from there it meanders west through the Betuwe, to empty in the Boven Merwede near Gorinchem. Until Geldermalsen, the river is little more than a small...
Nederrijn IJssel Lek Merwede Boven MerwedeNieuweMerwede Beneden Merwede Oude Maas Dordtsche Kil Noord Nieuwe Maas Scheur Nieuwe Waterweg Former distributaries...
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