(Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve) Durme (Temse) Molenbeek (Wichelen) Dender (Dendermonde) Mark (Lessines-Twee-Akren) Ruisseau d'Ancre (Lessines) Zulle (Ath) Eastern Dender (Ath) Western Dender (Ath) Molenbeek-Ter Erpenbeek (Hofstade) Lys/Leie (Ghent) Mandel (Wielsbeke) Heulebeek (Kuurne) Gaverbeek (Kortrijk) Douve (Comines-Warneton) Deûle/Deule or Feule (Deûlémont) Marque (Wasquehal) Souchez (Lens) Carency (Souchez) Saint-Nazaire (Souchez) Laquette (Aire-sur-la-Lys) Lawe (De Gorge-Stegers) Brette, (Biette), Blanche, ruisseau de Caucourt, fossé d'Avesnes (Loisne) Clarence (Meregem) Nave, Grand Nocq Becque de Steenwerk (..) Zwalm (Zwalm) Rone (Kluisbergen) Rhosne (Ronse) Scarpe (Mortagne-du-Nord) Crinchon (..) Ugy (..) Haine (Condé-sur-l'Escaut) Trouille (Mons-Jeumont) Hogneau of Honneau (Condé-sur-l'Escaut) Honelle (Quiévrain) Aunelle (..) Grande Honelle (..) Petite Honelle (..) Rhonelle (Valenciennes) Écaillon (Thiant) Selle (Denain) Torrent d'Esnes Sensée (Bouchain) Hirondelle (..) Erclin (Iwuy) Eauette (Marcoing) Navigation Canalisation from Cambrai down to Valenciennes was completed in 1788. Napoleon saw the benefits of linking Paris to Belgium and accelerated completion of the Canal de Saint-Quentin to the south. The locks were deepened and doubled, as coal became the essential commodity of the industrial revolution. Upgrading downstream from Bouchain was started in the 1960s in both France and Flanders, but the waterway is still not fully compliant with European standards. All the locks on the high-capacity section are being doubled by European Class Vb size locks, , as part of the overall European Seine-Scheldt waterway project. The Pont des Trous, a listed fortified bridge in Tournai that has already been substantially modified, will again be raised to provide the necessary dimensions, including an air draught of . The 13 km section between Cambrai (connection with Canal de Saint-Quentin) and Hordain (connection with Canal de la Sensée) is only navigable for small ships (péniche) and has 5 locks. In culture Traditions says that Saint Amalberga of Temse crossed the river in Temse on the back of a big Sturgeon. See also Scheldt–Rhine Canal Striene which was the main stem of the river until 1421, it flowed northwards. References External links Water basin of the Scheldt www.scheldenet.nl ScheldeMonitor; Research studies and monitoring activities Deltaworks; Flood protection works in Scheldt Delta International Scheldt Commission Scaldit - Interreg IV B NWE project for a safer and cleaner Scheldt River Basin District (FR - BE (Walloon Region - Brussels Cap. Region - Flemish Region) - NL) Bibliography on Water Resources and International Law Peace Palace Library River Escaut with maps and details of places, ports and moorings, by the author of Inland Waterways of France, Imray Navigation details for