Why is the Netherlands disappearing underwater?
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Published 2022-02-01
Because the majority of the Netherlands lies below sea level, they have spent years constructing large-scale sea defenses to push back water and protect themselves from calamities. They've been fairly effective at it, reclaiming over 20% of their territory from the sea and lakes. How did they pull it off? Watch our video to find out.
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All Comments (21)
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Extraordinary People. Peaceful Land of Justice, Wisdom and Wealth . Paradise.
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LOL...As a Dutch I do not need to watch this, as the title is fundamentally wrong!
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Zeewiderzee & Afslooitditch - this is what happens when you get an American computer to read Dutch. 😏
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our 9th standard geography syllabus covers this topic. now I'm better to understand how to build Netherlands because now I am a civil engineer. Love from INDIA.......
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Here in Brazil we have a mill also, in Holambra - SP. I work there with dutch millers, but juts for tourists purpose.
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As a Dutchmen,i am sure that it won´t be 65% of the land under water!The majority of the land is still above sea level,so how can it be 65 %?Outside the polders there is land above the sea level,only crossed by a river.So the land beside the river can only be in water when the river is very high,but then only the sides off the river will be wet.
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did not know this about Holland, thanks for sharing
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Love it 👍
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They are basically in war with the sea
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Short answer: it isn't.
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How impressive. Literally the first sentence is wrong 👏🏻
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0:02 most used stock video ever used....
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We can only hope. 🙏
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“God created the earth, but the Dutch created the Netherlands"
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5 billion dollar???? You won't get much for that. How ignorant.
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proudful job for dutchs
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Meanwhile in Indonesia still busy with shit politics, and until now, never found a concrete solution to the flood problem.
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That's inspirational for any climate change affected country
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Just give the sea its land back