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?

Slide 1 - Tekstslide

Slide 2 - Tekstslide

Threat of rain, but also of the sea

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


Slide 3 - Tekstslide

The Netherlands of the past

You can see
today's
Netherlands
in thin lines

What do
you notice?

Slide 4 - Tekstslide

This is a map of the Netherlands without
dunes

Slide 5 - Tekstslide

sea ​​level

A big part of the Netherlands is below sea level.

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

Slide 6 - Tekstslide

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. 

Slide 7 - Tekstslide


This is a map of the Netherlands without 
dunes and dikes

Slide 8 - Tekstslide

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

Slide 9 - Tekstslide

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.



Slide 10 - Tekstslide


What are the consequences for: 


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

Slide 11 - Tekstslide

Slide 12 - Tekstslide

Slide 13 - Tekstslide

Slide 14 - Tekstslide


It often went wrong in the past, resulting in disasters



Fortunately, the Dutch have learned to live with water.

Slide 15 - Tekstslide

Slide 16 - Video

Slide 17 - Video

Slide 18 - Video

Slide 19 - Video