Haringvliet

Designations
Designated29 August 2000
Reference no.1244[1]
Location of the Haringvliet within South Holland and the Netherlands.
The Haringvliet sluices

The Haringvliet is a large inlet of the North Sea, in the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. It is an important estuary of the Rhine-Meuse delta.[2]

Near Numansdorp, the Hollands Diep splits into the Haringvliet and the Volkerak estuaries. It is closed off near Goedereede from the North Sea by the Haringvlietdam, which provides a road connection between the island of Voorne to the north and the island of Goeree-Overflakkee to the south.[3] The dam with its sluices was built as part of the Delta Works sea barrier protection works.[4]

The Haringvliet estuary contains the island of Tiengemeten, which is separated from the river island of Hoeksche Waard by the Vuile Gat strait.

  1. ^ "Haringvliet". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Haringvliet" (in Dutch). Rijkswaterstaat. Archived from the original on 2014-10-26.
  3. ^ "N57 (Highway)" (in Dutch). Rijkswaterstaat. Archived from the original on 2014-10-26.
  4. ^ "Haringvlietsluizen" (in Dutch). Rijkswaterstaat.[permanent dead link‍]