Scheur

The Scheur (; Dutch for "The Rip") 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 (New Waterway) to the North Sea.

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River.name: Scheur
River.name_other: (The Rip)
River.image: Maassluis Nieuwe waterweg.jpg
River.image_caption: Near Maassluis
River.map: RMSDeltaNorth.jpg
River.map_size: 240px
River.map_caption: Northwest part of the Rhine-Meuse delta showing the Scheur (s).
River.pushpin_map_size: 240px
River.subdivision_type1: Country
River.subdivision_name1: Netherlands
River.subdivision_type2: Province
River.subdivision_name2: South Holland
River.source1: Nieuwe Maas Oude Maas
River.source1_location: Vlaardingen
River.mouth: Nieuwe Waterweg
River.mouth_location: Rotterdam

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Image: Maassluis Nieuwe waterweg.jpg
Length: 10

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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 ("Mouth of Meuse") 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.