Afgedamde Maas

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Afgedamde Maas
Location
Country	Netherlands
Province	North Brabant, Gelderland
Physical characteristics
Source	Maas
• location	Heusden
Mouth	Boven Merwede
• location	Woudrichem

The Afgedamde Maas (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌɑfxədɑmdə ˈmaːs]; Dammed-up Meuse) is a former distributary of the Maas River (French: Meuse) in the Dutch provinces of North Brabant and Gelderland. The Maas splits near Heusden with one channel flowing north until its confluence with the river Waal (the main distributary of the river Rhine) to form the Merwede, while the other channel (the Bergse Maas) continues west as the main distributary of the Maas.