#scheldt

[illustratus]

Evening on the Scheldt, Holland by Charles Leickert

[kristo-flowers]

River Scheldt near Merelbeke, Belgium

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Théo Van Rysselberghe (Belgian, 1862-1926), Péniches sur l’Escaut [Barges on the Scheldt], 1892. Oil on canvas, 54.8 x 66 cm.

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[myfairynuffstuff]

Oswald Poreau  (1877 - 1955) - View on the Scheldt near Orroir c.1942-1943.

[womblegrinch]

Eugène Boudin (1824-1898) - Anvers, bateaux sur l’Escaut

Oil on panel. Painted in 1871.

12.25 x 18.4 inches, 31 x 46.6 cm. Estimate: £35,000-45,000.

Sold Christie’s, London, 28 Feb 2019 for £46,250.

[metrocentric]

ANTWERPEN

[earthstory]

Swirling sediment

Green and brown sediment swirls trough the North Sea on this true color image taken on the 18th of December 2004. The outburst of these green sediments are due to river outlets on the English coast (the Humber and Thames) as well as the rivers Rhine, Meuse and Scheldt on the Dutch coast.

What also can be observed is the invisibility and shallowness of the ‘IJsselmeer’, a Dutch the lake on the northeastern corner of the image. Until 1932 this lake was actually a sea called the ‘Zuiderzee’. Continued flooding of the lake due to severe storms prompted the constructing of a major hydraulic engineering project by the name of ‘afsluitdijk’ which literally translates as closing dike. This lake is on average only about 5-6 meters deep.

Eventually, parts of the lake were drained using pumps and a whole new province called ‘Flevoland’ came into being. It lies around 5 meters below sea level. Drainage was started in 1957 and in the 1985 the province was founded. The area was mainly use for agriculture, but now serves as a major urban agglomeration of Amsterdam and other neighboring cities.

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Image: NASA Visible Earth.

References: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view.php?id=69721

http://earthshots.usgs.gov/earthshots/node/42#ad-image-6