Editing Botlek

{{short description|Seaport of Rotterdam, Netherlands}}
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[[image:RMSDeltaNorth.jpg|thumb|right|[[Satellite]] [[image]] of the [[Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta|Rhine–Meuse delta]] showing the Botlek (r).]]
'''Botlek''' is an industrial port area of [[Rotterdam]], the Netherlands. It specialises in [[petrochemical]] logistics.<ref>{{cite web |title=Home |url=https://botlekrotterdam.nl/index.html |website=Botlek Port Facility B.V |access-date=1 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Botlek and Vondelingenplaat {{!}} Port of Rotterdam |url=https://www.portofrotterdam.com/en/building-port/safe-port/flood-risk-management/botlek-and-vondelingenplaat |website=www.portofrotterdam.com |access-date=1 December 2024 |language=en}}</ref>

==History==
Botlek was originally the name of a stretch of the [[Nieuwe Maas]] river, part of the [[Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta|Rhine–Meuse delta]] near the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] cities of [[Vlaardingen]] and [[Spijkenisse]] in the [[Provinces of the Netherlands|province]] of [[South Holland]]. Specifically, it was the name of the [[strait]] that separated the island of [[Rozenburg]] from the [[bar (landform)|sand bar]] of Welplaat. The strait itself was merely the continuation of the [[Nieuwe Maas]], and the stretch of the river south of Rozenburg continued to be called [[Nieuwe Maas]] until the confluence with [[Het Scheur]] formed the Brielse Maas [[estuary]] (now the [[Brielse Meer]]).

Major [[waterway]] regulation works were carried out in the Netherlands in the 19th and 20th centuries to improve water management and stop the delta from silting up; the Botlek was dammed off at its southern end (connecting Rozenburg and Welplaat) and remodelled into one of the largest of the Rotterdam seaports.

== Gallery ==
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File:Rotterdam-Botlek, Shin Etsu (fabriek voor het produceren van vinylchloridemonomeer) IMG 2507 2022-07-11 12.34.jpg|Shin Etsu (vinyl chloride monomer production plant)
File:Rotterdam-Botlek, Air Products (fabriek voor het produceren van industriële gassen en chemicaliën) IMG 2515 2022-07-11 12.48.jpg|Air Products (factory for producing industrial gases and chemicals)
File:Rotterdam-Botlek, opslagtranks van Esso raffinaderij IMG 2525 2022-07-11 12.59.jpg|Storage tanks from Esso refinery
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==See also==
* [[Europoort]]

==References==
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[[Category:Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta]]
[[Category:Water transport in the Netherlands]]