The Netherlands is the most downstream country in the Rhine River Basin. The Rhine is of great importance for the hydrology of the country, while the greater part of the surface water originates from it. High water levels occur regularly, and have been the cause of many cases of flooding,...
Today, many dams, castles and fortifications remind about protecting the coastline from flooding. Only 2 percent of the Netherlands’ lands are above 50 km above sea level. If there were no fortifications, the half of the country would be under water. However, it was a war with the sea ...
the southwest of the Netherlands. More than 1,800 people drowned in the ensuing inundations. The Dutch government subsequently decided on a large-scale program of public works (the "Delta Works") to protect the country against future flooding. The project took more than thirty years to ...
Human health risk assessment: A case study involving heavy metal soil contamination after the flooding of the river Meuse during the winter of 1993-1994. Although the soils of the floodplain of the river Meuse appeared severely polluted mainly by Cd and Zn, the heavy metal concentrations in the...
flooding volcanism: Mount Scenery (887 m), located on the island of Saba in the Caribbean, last erupted in 1640; Round Hill (601 m), a dormant volcano also known as The Quill, is located on the island of St. Eustatius in the Caribbean; these islands are at the northern end of the ...
The Biesbosch is at the estuary of the mighty Meuse and Rhine rivers, and the water level changes according to the tides, although nowhere near as dramatically since the Delta Works were completed to protect the Netherlands from flooding. ...
We recognize and quantify two risk-reducing effects and provide results of analyses for the Rhine and Meuse Rivers in The Netherlands. Making room for rivers was originally advocated because it (1) reduces the consequences of flooding, as well as (2) reduces the probability of failure of the ...
In the late 13th century a system of dams and dikes was built in order to reclaim marshlands or lowlands subject to flooding (the Dutch word “Nederland” means “low land”). Labor-intensive but profitable industrial crops were introduced, and this facilitated the spread of commodity-monetary...
The Netherlands has natural hazards that occur, including flooding. Netherlands Environmental Issues: The Netherlands has air pollution from vehicles and refining activities, and the resulting acid rain. There is water pollution from organic compounds, heavy metals, and nutrients such as nitrates and ...
In 1809 however, after an English invasion, Holland had to give over all territories south of the river Rhine to France. King Louis Napoleon did not meet Napoleon's expectations—he tried to serve Dutch interests instead of his brother's—and the King had to abdicate on 1 July 1810. He ...