Scheur

The Scheur is a branch of the Rhine-Meuse delta in South Holland, Netherlands, that flows west from the confluence of the Oude Maas and Nieuwe Maas branches past the towns of Rozenburg and Maassluis. It continues as the Nieuwe Waterweg to the North Sea.
Originally, the Scheur was the northern branch of the river around Rozenburg island and curved south a few kilometres past Maassluis to join the Nieuwe Maas again in the Maasmond estuary near Den Briel. When the Nieuwe Waterweg was completed in 1872, the Scheur was dammed off and connected to the east end of the Nieuwe Waterweg to form the new channelized main mouth of the Rhine-Meuse delta.
Image:Beneeden rivier de Maas.jpg|thumb|none|300px|The Scheur and Nieuwe Maas in 1769.
Image:Brielse Maas1.png|thumb|none|300px|The same region today.
Category:Rivers of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta
Category:Geography of Rotterdam
Category:Maassluis
Category:Rivers of South Holland
Category:Rivers of the Netherlands