Entrance channels are the routes, dredged or created through natural processes, that ensure the accessibility of seaports.
Entrance channels are the routes, dredged or created through natural processes, that ensure the accessibility of seaports. The Rotterdam harbor has the entrance channel "Euro-Maasgeul" starting 57 kilometers from the coast and ending at Hoek van Holland where the Nieuwe Waterweg starts. For the Amsterdam harbor there is the IJgeul, starting 43 kilometers from the coast and ending at IJmuiden.