The Scheldt basin consists today of the 'Schelde' and its major tributaries, the Leie (Lys), the Mandel, the Rupel and the Dender. Two other large rivers - the Rhine and the Meuse - also flowed into the North Sea via the same large delta region at the mouth of the river Scheldt. The Aa in the south, now in French-Flanders, also flowed just up to the delta. The Germanic tribes known as seafolk - the Saxons, the Frisians and the Danes - lived nearby...
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