Scheldt River
The Scheldt is a 435-kilometre-long river that flows through northern France, western Belgium, and the southwestern part of the Netherlands, with its mouth at the North Sea.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in France, Belgium and the Netherlands
- Also known as: “De Schelde”, “Escaut”, “Le Sceau”, “Scheld”, “Schelde”, “Scheldt”, and “Scheldt–Rhine Canal”
Places of Interest
Highlights include BASF Antwerp power station and Bathse spuisluis.
BASF Antwerp power station
Power station
BASF Antwerp power station is situated 3½ km east of Scheldt River.
Bathse spuisluis
Lock gate
The Bathse spuisluis is a sluice that is part of the Delta Works near the hamlet of Bath in the municipality of Reimerswaal in the Dutch province Zeeland.
Bathse brug
Bridge
Photo: Jordanees, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bathse brug is a bridge, which is situated 3 km northeast of Scheldt River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bath and Saeftinghe.
Bath
Hamlet
Photo: LimoWreck, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bath is a small village and a former municipality in the Dutch province of Zeeland, lying on the north shore of the Western Scheldt. It is now located in the municipality of Reimerswaal, about 10 km southwest of Bergen op Zoom. Bath is situated 2½ km north of Scheldt River.
Saeftinghe
Photo: LimoWreck, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Het Verdronken Land van Saeftinghe is a national park in the province of Zeeland in The Netherlands. It is the biggest swamp of its kind within European borders.
Rilland
Village
Rilland is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is located in the municipality of Reimerswaal. Rilland is situated 5 km northwest of Scheldt River.
Scheldt River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Scheldt River” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Schelde”
- Afrikaans: “Skelde”
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ταβούλλας”
- Arabic: “سخيلده”
- Arabic: “شخيلت”
- Armenian: “Շելդա”
- Basque: “Eskalda”
- Belarusian: “Шэльда”
- Belarusian: “Эско”
- Breton: “Escaut”
- Breton: “Schelde”
- Breton: “Scheldt”
- Bulgarian: “Еско”
- Bulgarian: “Схелде”
- Bulgarian: “Шелда”
- Catalan: “Escalda”
- Catalan: “Escaut”
- Catalan: “Riu Escalda”
- Catalan: “Scaldis”
- Cebuano: “Schelde”
- Chinese: “埃斯科河”
- Chinese: “斯凯尔特河”
- Chinese: “斯海尔德河”
- Chinese: “斯海爾德河”
- Chuvash: “Шельда”
- Croatian: “Escaut”
- Croatian: “Schelde”
- Croatian: “Scheldt”
- Czech: “Escaut”
- Czech: “Schelde”
- Czech: “Šelda”
- Danish: “Schelde”
- Danish: “Scheldt”
- Dutch: “Bovenschelde”
- Dutch: “Schelde (rivier)”
- Dutch: “Schelde”
- Egyptian Arabic: “شيلده”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر سخيلده”
- Esperanto: “Escaut”
- Esperanto: “Ŝeldo”
- Esperanto: “Skeldo”
- Estonian: “Escaut”
- Estonian: “Schelde jõgi”
- Estonian: “Schelde”
- Estonian: “Scheldt”
- Finnish: “Escaut”
- Finnish: “Schelde”
- French: “Escaut”
- French: “L’ Escaut”
- French: “Le Sceau”
- French: “Scheldt”
- Galician: “Río Escalda”
- Georgian: “შელდა”
- German: “Schelde”
- Greek: “Σελντ”
- Greek: “Σκάλδης”
- Hebrew: “נהר השלדט”
- Hebrew: “סחלדה”
- Hebrew: “סכלדה”
- Hungarian: “Schelde”
- Inari Sami: “Scheldejuuhâ”
- Indonesian: “Schelde”
- Indonesian: “Scheldt”
- Irish: “An Sceilt”
- Italian: “Escaut”
- Italian: “Schelda”
- Italian: “Schelde”
- Italian: “Scheldt”
- Japanese: “エスコー川”
- Japanese: “スケルト川”
- Japanese: “スヘルデ”
- Japanese: “スヘルデ川”
- Kashubian: “Szelda”
- Korean: “스헬더강”
- Korean: “에스코강”
- Ladin: “Scheldt”
- Latin: “Scaldis”
- Latvian: “Šelda”
- Limburgan: “Sjelde”
- Lithuanian: “Šeldė”
- Luxembourgish: “Escaut”
- Luxembourgish: “Schelde”
- Macedonian: “Шелда”
- Mazanderani: “اسخلده”
- Mingrelian: “შელდა”
- Northern Sami: “Scheldejohka”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Schelde”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Scheldt”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Escaut”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Schelde”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Scheldt”
- Norwegian: “Schelde”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Escalda”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Escaut”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Scald”
- Ossetian: “Шельдæ”
- Ossetian: “Эско”
- Persian: “اسخلده”
- Persian: “رود شلده”
- Picard: “Escaut”
- Polish: “Escaut”
- Polish: “Schelde”
- Polish: “Scheldt”
- Polish: “Skalda”
- Portuguese: “Escalda”
- Portuguese: “Escaut”
- Portuguese: “Rio Escalda”
- Portuguese: “Rio Escault”
- Portuguese: “Schelde”
- Portuguese: “Scheldt”
- Romanian: “Escaut”
- Romanian: “Schelde”
- Romanian: “Scheldt”
- Romanian: “Scheldte”
- Russian: “Скальд”
- Russian: “Скальдис”
- Russian: “Табул”
- Russian: “Шельда”
- Russian: “Эско”
- Serbian: “Шелда”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Escaut”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Scheldt”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Šelda”
- Skolt Sami: “Scheldejokk”
- Slovak: “Scheldy”
- Slovak: “Šelda”
- Slovenian: “Šelda”
- South Azerbaijani: “شلده چایی”
- Spanish: “Escalda”
- Spanish: “Escalde”
- Spanish: “Escaut”
- Spanish: “rio Escalda”
- Spanish: “río Escalda”
- Spanish: “Río Escalda”
- Spanish: “Scaldis”
- Spanish: “Schelde”
- Spanish: “Scheldt”
- Swedish: “Escaut”
- Swedish: “Scaldis”
- Swedish: “Schelde”
- Swedish: “Scheldt”
- Tagalog: “Escalda”
- Tagalog: “Eskalda”
- Tagalog: “Ilog Escalda”
- Tagalog: “Scheldt”
- Tamil: “செல்ட் ஆறு”
- Tamil: “ஷெல்ட் ஆறு”
- Thai: “แม่น้ำสเกลต์”
- Turkish: “Schelde Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Еско”
- Ukrainian: “Шельда”
- Urdu: “شیلد”
- Uzbek: “Shelda”
- Veps: “Šel’d”
- Vietnamese: “Scheldt”
- Vlaams: “Schelde”
- Walloon: “Escô”
- Welsh: “Afon Schelde”
- Welsh: “Afon Scheldt”
- Western Frisian: “Skelde”
- Western Frisian: “Skol”
- Wu Chinese: “斯海尔德河”
- Yiddish: “סכעלדע”
- Yue Chinese: “斯海爾德河”
- Zeeuws: “Schalde”
- Zeeuws: “Schelde”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Stoofgat and Ouden Doel.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Zandvliet substation and Ossendrechtsche Gat.
Netherlands: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, and Utrecht.
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