Het meest markante van de delta werken, vind ik toch wel de Oosterschelde kering:
Hoewel bij de oosterschelde dam zee en land elkaar strikt gesproken niet ontmoeten (de dam sluit de Oosterschelde af), heb ik deze dam toch als onderwerp voor mijn quilt gekozen.
Where sea meets land, is the new topic for our group Art quilts around the world.
A large part of the Netherlands, where I live, lies below sea level. This means the land has to be protected to flooding. A lot of the protection is natural, dunes, but we have also made our own protection, with levies and a lot of large structures that protect us from the sea, partially closing off the estuarium of Zeeland, a mapt of which can be seen at the first picture.
One of those structures is the "oosterscheldekering", which can be seen on the last two pictures.
It is a large dam which has openings in it so the water can move in and out freely, but can be closed when the water levels are high, preventing the water in the sea-arm behind it from rising too high and flooding the land next to it.
A large part of the Netherlands, where I live, lies below sea level. This means the land has to be protected to flooding. A lot of the protection is natural, dunes, but we have also made our own protection, with levies and a lot of large structures that protect us from the sea, partially closing off the estuarium of Zeeland, a mapt of which can be seen at the first picture.
One of those structures is the "oosterscheldekering", which can be seen on the last two pictures.
It is a large dam which has openings in it so the water can move in and out freely, but can be closed when the water levels are high, preventing the water in the sea-arm behind it from rising too high and flooding the land next to it.
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Een heel bijzondere keuze Margeeth. Ons landje is groot door derdelijke projecten. Mogen we best trots op zijn! Ik weet zeker,dat je er weer iets aparts van maakt!
Ga je nog naar Alkmaar een dezer dagen? Ik ben er Zondagmiddag en Maandag de hele dag. Help Maandag middag mee bij de stand van de Tulp actie. Wie weet, zie ik je nog?
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