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The Amer is a river in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is a continuation of the Bergse Maas river from the river Donge near Raamsdonksveer to the point where it joins the river Nieuwe Merwede to form the Hollands Diep estuary, and has a total length of approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi). The Amer is a major navigation route. It forms the south boundary of the Biesbosch National Park.
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In 1886, the splitting of the Maas and of the Waal made the Amer the mouth of the Maas.[1] Before anthropogenic actions in the early 1900s, salmon used to reach the Bergse Maas through the Amer.[2]
The river is also known because the Amercentrale, one of the biggest power plants in the Netherlands, is located on its bank. As a result, ships transporting coal for the plant use the eastern part of the river, mainly coming from the Wilhelmina Canal.
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Amer in foreground
References
edit- ^ Cox, J. R.; Huismans, Y.; Knaake, S. M.; Leuven, J. R. F. W.; Vellinga, N. E.; van der Vegt, M.; Hoitink, A. J. F.; Kleinhans, M. G. (July 2021). "Anthropogenic Effects on the Contemporary Sediment Budget of the Lower Rhine-Meuse Delta Channel Network". Earth's Future. 9 (7). Bibcode:2021EaFut...901869C. doi:10.1029/2020EF001869. hdl:1874/412770. ISSN 2328-4277. S2CID 236315260.
- ^ de Groot, S.J. (April 1989). "Literature survey into the possibility of restocking the River Rhine and its tributaries with Atlantic salmon (SALMO SALAR)". Netherlands Institute for Fishery Investigations (Rivo): 14.
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