Engelse les over 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?
Threat of rain, but also of the sea
The Netherlands is partly under the sea level.
The sea can flood our land
The Netherlands of the past
You can see
today's
Netherlands
in thin lines
What do
you notice?
This is a map of the Netherlands without
dunes
This is a map of the Netherlands without
dunes and dikes
sea level
A big part of the Netherlands is below sea level.
You can compare it with holes in a road that are flooded
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.
protection against water
Build dikes
wider
higher
stronger
and connecting dikes
But also:
Widening rivers and canals
Create floodplains
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.
What are the consequences for:
people?
animals?
Nature?
Would you survive a flood?
It often went wrong in the past, resulting in disasters
Fortunately, the Dutch have learned to live with water.