the dutch and water
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Cristie BlandfordMan & Humanity MastersThe Netherlands and Water 10/09
Assignment: 5 minute response presentation to visiting LAND OF WATER Zuiderzee Museum
Central Map- Amsterdam NL
Crop intergrated canals... View from sky!
Train Journey- Eindhoven- Enkhuizen NL
Population: 16 million.
‘Everyone in The Netherlands knows how to swim- you have to!’ Annelies Wisse
Rainfall: 880 mm/year Evaporation: 500 mm/year.www.waterland.net
Primary flood defences: 3,500 km in total, consisting of 1,430 km of river dikes, 1,017 km dikes around lakes, and 430 km dikes and 260 km dunes for coastal defence. www.waterland.net
Eindhoven
Amsterdam
Rotterdam
Maastricht
Highest point: +322m Vaalserberg . Lowest point: -6.74m Nieuwerkerk aan de IJssel
Two third of the Netherlands would regularly be flooded if there were no dikes.www.waterland.net
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