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• Scheldt - Scheldt Scheldt , Du. Schelde, Fr. Escaut, river, c.270 mi (435 km) long, rising in N France and ...
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• Cambrai - Cambrai Cambrai , city (1990 pop. 34,210), Nord dept., N France, a port on the Escaut (Scheldt) ...
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