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
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Central Map- Amsterdam NL
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Crop intergrated canals... View from sky!
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Train Journey- Eindhoven- Enkhuizen NL
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Population: 16 million.
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‘Everyone in The Netherlands knows how to swim- you have to!’ Annelies Wisse
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Rainfall: 880 mm/year Evaporation: 500 mm/year.www.waterland.net
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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
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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