Nederland topographic map
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Name: Nederland topographic map, elevation, terrain.
Location: Nederland (11.82500 -68.62553 53.74440 7.22750)
Average elevation: 251 m
Minimum elevation: -72 m
Maximum elevation: 5,016 m
De eeuwenlange strijd tegen het water heeft een duidelijke invloed gehad op de inrichting van Nederland. Door overstromingen en menselijk ingrijpen is de kustlijn in de loop van de geschiedenis aanzienlijk veranderd. Ingrijpende rampen waren de stormvloed van 1134, waarbij Zeeland in een archipel veranderde, de Sint-Luciavloed (1287), de Sint-Elisabethsvloed (1421) en als laatste de watersnoodramp van 1953. Bij overstromingen ontstonden nieuwe zeearmen of getijdengebieden op de plek waar eerder land lag. Om het land tegen het water te beschermen worden al sinds de middeleeuwen langs de kust en de rivieren dijken aangelegd. Een ander project in de strijd tegen het water zijn de Deltawerken, die zijn aangelegd tussen 1958 en 1997. Het hele Deltaplan omvatte het ophogen van meer dan 3000 kilometer zeedijk en meer dan 10.000 kilometer binnendijk langs kanalen en rivieren tot deltahoogte. Ook werden de zee-armen die in de loop der tijd in het zuidwesten van Nederland waren ontstaan door dijken van de zee afgesloten. Een andere vorm van menselijk ingrijpen in de natuur zijn de grote stukken land die door de mens zijn drooggelegd en gewonnen op het water, de zogenaamde polders. Bij voormalige meren of plassen worden deze nieuwe stukken land droogmakerijen genoemd. De grootste polders zijn de Zuiderzeewerken, die in de 20e eeuw zijn aangelegd en gezamenlijk meer dan 2500 vierkante kilometer nieuw land beslaan.
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