网页The Scheldt (/ ʃɛlt, skɛlt / SHELT, SKELT; French: Escaut [ɛsko]; Dutch: Schelde [ˈsxɛldə] ⓘ) is a 435-kilometre-long (270 mi) [4] river that flows through northern France, western Belgium, and the southwestern part of the Netherlands, with its mouth at the North Sea.