Eendracht

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Satellite image of the Scheldt delta, showing the Eendracht (j) and the Krabbenkreek estuary (l).

The Eendracht is a former tidal branch of river Scheldt that has been channelised to form the northern stretch of the Scheldt-Rhine Canal. It flows from the Markiezaatsmeer lake (formerly part of the Oosterschelde) near Bergen op Zoom past the town and eponymous island of Tholen towards the former island of Sint-Philipsland, where it used to end in the Krabbenkreek estuary. The passage to the estuary has been closed off, however, and an additional stretch of canal was dug to connect the Eendracht to the Krammer lake, itself a former estuary closed off from the sea during the Delta Works. Coordinates: 51°34′00″N 4°13′30″E / 51.5666667°N 4.225°E / 51.5666667; 4.225

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