The Afsluitdijk is a major dam and causeway in the Netherlands. It was constructed between 1927 and 1932 and runs from Den Oever in North Holland province ...

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The Dutch combat this issue by constructing dikes, effectively raising the height of the river ridges to allow greater variations in the river ...

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Natural sand dunes and constructed dikes, dams, and floodgates provide defense against storm surges from the sea. River dikes prevent flooding from water ...

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The Netherlands has 17,691 kilometers of flood defenses and dikes, according to the Dutch Unie van Waterschappen.

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Constructed more than 85-years ago to protect low-lying areas of the Netherlands from flooding, the Afsluitdijk is a true wonder of engineering.

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For nearly 90 years, a 32-km dike on the Dutch coast has kept the North Sea from inundating a huge area of the Netherlands, around Amsterdam ...

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Over the centuries the Dutch learned to separate water and land by building dikes. At some point technological development allowed for the ...

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Dutch Dikes protect a country up to 22 ft below sea level. The Waterworks form an insane number of hot spots you must have seen.

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