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Botlek - Definition and Overview
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Satellite image of the Rhine-Meuse delta showing the Botlek (r).
The Botlek originally was the name of a stretch of the Nieuwe Maas river, part of the Rhine-Meuse delta near the Dutch city of Vlaardingen in the province of Zuid-Holland. Specifically, it was the name of the strait that separated the island of Rozenburg from the sand bar of Welplaat. The strait itself was merely the continuation of the Nieuwe Maas, and the stretch of the river south of Rozenburg continued to be called Nieuwe Maas until the confluence with het Scheur formed the Brielse Maas estuary.

Major waterway regulation works were carried out in the Netherlands in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries to improve water management and stop the delta from silting up; the Botlek was dammed off at its southern end (connecting Rozenburg and Welplaat) and remodelled into one of the largest of the Rotterdam seaports (see also Europoort).

Example Usage of Botlek
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watiserloos: PRIO 2 CE541 Cargill Refined Oils Europa Welplaatweg 34 Botlek Rotterdam OMS-MELDING Vak: 5990625 #p2000 #watiserloos
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