Bergsche Maas

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The Bergsche Maas is a major artificial distributary of the River Maas in the Netherlands, created in the late 19th century to improve flood control and navigation in the Dutch river delta.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Bergse Maas 9
Bergsche Maas canonical 3
Bergse Maas–Amer waterway system 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf artificial river distributary ⓘ
canalised river ⓘ
connectsWaterBody Hollands Diep ⓘ
River Maas ⓘ
linked to: river Maas
constructionStartDate late 19th century ⓘ
country Netherlands ⓘ
createdByProject Maaswerken ⓘ
linked to: Delta Works
distributaryOf River Maas ⓘ
linked to: river Maas
flowsAlongBorderOf Gelderland ⓘ
North Brabant ⓘ
South Holland ⓘ
flowsThrough municipality of Altena ⓘ
municipality of Drimmelen ⓘ
municipality of Geertruidenberg ⓘ
municipality of Heusden ⓘ
municipality of Waalwijk ⓘ
formsBoundaryBetween Land van Heusden en Altena and Langstraat region ⓘ
linked to: Langstraat region
hasBridge Hedel Bridge ⓘ
Keizersveer Bridge ⓘ
hasFerry Bern–Herpt ferry ⓘ
Drongelen–Waalwijk ferry ⓘ
Dussen–Sprang-Capelle ferry ⓘ
hasFloodControlFunction diverting Maas discharge directly to Hollands Diep ⓘ
inception 1904 ⓘ
inflow Maas ⓘ
isDownstreamOf Maas near Heusden ⓘ
isUpstreamOf Amer ⓘ
length approximately 24 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn province of North Brabant ⓘ
mouthOfWaterBody Hollands Diep ⓘ
namedAfter Maas ⓘ
navigationFunction shipping route between Maas and Hollands Diep ⓘ
opened 1904 ⓘ
outflow Amer ⓘ
partOf Delta Works era river regulation system ⓘ
Dutch river delta ⓘ
River Maas system ⓘ
purpose flood control ⓘ
improved navigation ⓘ
river regulation ⓘ
replacedWaterBody natural lower course of the Maas near Heusden ⓘ
separatedFrom Merwede ⓘ
Waal ⓘ
separationPurpose to reduce flood risk in the Land of Heusden and Altena ⓘ
waterManagementAuthority Rijkswaterstaat ⓘ
waterwayType navigable waterway ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nieuwe Merwede → connectedTo → Bergsche Maas ⓘ
Hollands Diep → formedBy → Bergse Maas ⓘ
linked to: Bergsche Maas
Hollands Diep → inflow → Bergse Maas ⓘ
linked to: Bergsche Maas
Wilhelmina Canal → connects → Bergse Maas ⓘ
linked to: Bergsche Maas
Amer River → connectsTo → Bergse Maas ⓘ
linked to: Bergsche Maas
Amer River → sourceRegion → Bergse Maas ⓘ
linked to: Bergsche Maas
Heusden → locatedOn → Bergse Maas ⓘ
linked to: Bergsche Maas
Land van Heusden → traversedBy → Bergse Maas ⓘ
linked to: Bergsche Maas
Algonquin Regiment → battleHonour → The Lower Maas ⓘ
linked to: Bergsche Maas
municipality of Heusden → traversedBy → Bergse Maas ⓘ
linked to: Bergsche Maas
municipality of Altena → traversedBy → Bergsche Maas ⓘ
A27 motorway bridge → locatedInWaterwaySystem → Bergse Maas–Amer waterway system ⓘ
linked to: Bergsche Maas
Merwede → connectsTo → Bergse Maas ⓘ
linked to: Bergsche Maas