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Holland - Land of water
A story about the eternal Dutch battle against water
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Flood disasters
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Stormsurge of the year 838
Stormsurge of the year 1014
ST. Elizabethsflood 1404
Sint Felix flood of the year 1530
All Saints flood(1570)
Christmasflood (1717)
Stormsurge 1906
Stormsurge 1916
Inundation Walcheren (1944)
Inundation Wieringermeer (1945)
Stormsurge1953
Flood of 1995 (near disaster)
Lakes, rivers, sea and waterways
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The North Sea
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Amsterdam Rijn canel
Canal from Ghent to Terneuzen
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The German Delta Plan
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The Dutch water lines
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Anna Paulowna polder
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