Living with water

Living with water
Even on the highway
Have you ever seen this?

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Living with water
Even on the highway
Have you ever seen this?

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Threat of rain, but also of the sea

The Netherlands is partly under the sea level.
The sea can flood our land


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The Netherlands of the past

You can see
today's
Netherlands
in thin lines

What do
you notice?

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This is a map of the Netherlands without
dunes

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This is a map of the Netherlands without 
dunes and dikes

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sea ​​level

A big part of the Netherlands is below sea level.

You can compare it with holes in a road that are flooded

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N.A.P
N.A.P means
Normaal Amsterdams Peil.

A NAP height of 0 m is approximately equal to the sea level of the North Sea. 

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protection against water
Build dikes
  • wider
  • higher
  • stronger
and connecting dikes
But also:
  • Widening rivers and canals
  • Create floodplains

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The dikes are regularly inspected

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Mounds

People used to build mounds.

A mound is an artificial hill to have a dry place at high tide.

Sometimes an entire village was built on it.



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The Netherlands protects itself by: 
Dunes and dikes

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What are the consequences for: 


  • people?
  • animals?
  • Nature?
Would you survive a flood?

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It often went wrong in the past, resulting in disasters



Fortunately, the Dutch have learned to live with water.

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