Cristie Blandford Man & Humanity Masters The 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
Highest point: +322m Vaalserberg . Lowest point: -6.74m Nieuwerkerk aan de IJssel
Amsterdam
Rotterdam Eindhoven
Maastricht
Two third of the Netherlands would regularly be flooded if there were no dikes. www.waterland.net