Engelse les: Living with water

• Engels
• Basisschool
• Groep 6-8

Living with water

Even on the highway

Have you ever seen this?

How cool is 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

What do you notice?

The Netherlands without dunes.

The Netherlands without dunes and dikes

N.A.P. means

Normaal Amsterdams Peil.

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

Sea Level

A big part of the Netherlands is below sea level.

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

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?