Living with water

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• Basisschool
• Groep 6-8

Living with water

Even on the highway

Have you ever seen 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

You can see

today's

Netherlands

in thin lines

What do

you notice?

This is a map of the Netherlands without

dunes

This is a map of the Netherlands without 

dunes and dikes

sea ​​level

A big part of the Netherlands is below sea level.

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

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. 

protection against water

Build dikes

• wider
• higher
  
• stronger

and connecting dikes

But also:

• Widening rivers and canals
  
• Create floodplains

The dikes are regularly inspected

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.

The Netherlands protects itself by: 

Dunes and dikes

What are the consequences for: 

• people?
  
• animals?
• Nature?
  

Would you survive a flood?

It often went wrong in the past, resulting in disasters

Fortunately, the Dutch have learned to live with water.