Description The tide in the Scheldt estuary penetrates far inland to Ghent, where the tidal sluices abruptly stop the tidal influence. Along the 160 km between the Scheldt estuary and Ghent, we find a very nice gradient of salt seawater, brakish water and fresh river water.(Source: Breine, J.J.; Maes, J.; Stevens, M.; Simoens, I.; Elliott, M.; Hemingway, K.; Van den Bergh, E. (2008). HARBASINS Report: Water management strategies for estuarine and transitional waters in the North Sea Region. Habitat needs to realise conservation goals for fish in estuaries: case study of the tidal Schelde. Rapport van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek, R.2008.3. Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek: Groenendaal. 45 pp.) Zeewetenschappen).Author De Hauwere, NathaliePNG file - 3.81 MB - 7 012 x 4 962 pixelsadded on 2012-11-284 489 viewsGazetteer Places on this image:ScheldeFrom reference Copejans, E.; Smits, M. (2011). De wetenschap van de zee:...Download full size This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 License