Water & landscape
Afsluitdijk: what changed when salt water became fresh?
In 1932, the final gap was closed. After that, the Zuiderzee did not merely disappear from the map. The water itself changed character.
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Water & landscape
Water & landscape
Why the Eastern Scheldt storm surge barrier is usually open
A barrier that is almost always open may sound like a job half done. In Zeeland, that is the essence of the design.
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Water & landscape
The IJssel at Deventer: why a river needs room
The IJssel winds right past the city. When the water rises, it has to go somewhere. That is why channels run through the floodplains.
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Water & landscape
Drought on high sandy soils: why a wet spring is not enough
On the Veluwe or in the Achterhoek, everything can look green in May and still be too dry beneath your feet. The sponge fills more slowly than the rain falls.
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Ditches: why the water level can be different on the other side
Two ditches, one road between them, yet the water on the left is higher than on the right. That is not a leak. It is water-level management.
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