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Nearly a third of the Netherlands lies below sea level, yet for centuries the Dutch have been reclaiming land from the sea instead of losing it
Almost a third of the Netherlands sits at or below sea level. Yet instead of losing land to the water, the Dutch have spent hundreds of years doing the opposite, turning water into land they can actually live on.
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The Netherlands built a 32-kilometre dam to push back the sea and create more farmland, accidentally creating an entirely new province…
People live on land that was once part of the ocean floor. This is part of daily life for thousands of people in central Netherlands.
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Nearly a third of the Netherlands lies below sea level, yet for centuries the Dutch have been reclaiming land from the sea instead of…
Almost a third of the Netherlands sits at or below sea level. Yet instead of losing land to the water, the Dutch have spent hundreds of years doing the opposite, turning water…