thumb|Satellite image of Zeeland The province of Zeeland is a large river delta situated at the mouth of several major rivers, namely Scheldt ('Schelde'), Rhine ('Rijn') and Meuse ('Maas'). Most of the province lies below sea level and was reclaimed from the sea by inhabitants over time. What used to be a muddy landscape, flooding at high tide and reappearing at low tide, became a series of small man-made hills that stayed dry at all times. The people of the province would later connect the hills by creating dikes, which led to a chain of dry land that later grew into bigger islands and gave the province its current shape. The shape of the islands has changed over time at the hands of both people and nature.
thumb|satellite image of zeeland the province of zeeland is a large river delta situated at the mouth of several major rivers namely scheldt ('schelde') rhine ('rijn') and meuse ('maas') most of the province lies below sea level and was reclaimed from the sea by inhabitants over time what used to be a muddy landscape flooding at high tide and reappearing at low tide became a series of small man-made hills that stayed dry at all times the people of the province would later connect the hills by creating dikes which led to a chain of dry land that later grew into bigger islands and gave the province its current shape the shape of the islands has changed over time at the hands of both people and nature