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Scheldt

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Scheldt , Du. Schelde, Fr. Escaut, river, c.270 mi (435 km) long, rising in N France and flowing generally NE across W Belgium and into the North Sea through the Western Scheldt (De Honte) estuary, SW Netherlands. It receives its chief tributary, the Lys, at Ghent (Gent). Navigable for most of its length, the river is connected with a dense network of canals in N France and Belgium. From the Peace of Westphalia in 1648 until 1863 (except during the Napoleonic period), the Netherlands possessed the right to close the Scheldt estuary and thus had a stranglehold over the port of Antwerp .

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Scheldt

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

Scheldt •gestalt • asphalt •belt, Celt, dealt, dwelt, felt, gelt, knelt, melt, misdealt, pelt, Scheldt, smelt, spelt, svelte, veld, welt •fan belt • seat belt • lifebelt • sunbelt •rust belt • Copperbelt • heartfelt •underfelt • backveld • bushveld •Roosevelt •atilt, built, gilt, guilt, hilt, jilt, kilt, lilt, quilt, silt, spilt, stilt, tilt, upbuilt, wilt •Vanderbilt • volte •assault, Balt, exalt, fault, halt, malt, salt, smalt, vault •cobalt • stringhalt • basalt •somersault • polevault •bolt, colt, dolt, holt, jolt, moult (US molt), poult, smolt, volt •deadbolt • Humboldt • thunderbolt •megavolt • spoilt • Iseult •consult, cult, exult, indult, insult, penult, result, ult •adult • occult • tumult • catapult •difficult • Hasselt

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Free newspaper and magazine articles

	MANAGEMENT OF THE MEUSE AND SCHELDT BASINS. Newspaper article from: Europe Environment; 11/20/2001
	At the going down of the sun: from the Scheldt to the Rhine.(PERSPECTIVES) Magazine article from: Esprit de Corps; 9/1/2009
	A good ship: Battle of the Atlantic dieppe D-day Hong Kong liberation of... Magazine article from: Esprit de Corps; 11/1/2005