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Here’s why the Netherlands may have disappeared a long time ago if it wasn’t for their clever engineering 🌊🚜 Find out more information at engineering

To achieve this impressive goal, they used polders, low-lying areas of land that were reclaimed through the building of dikes, drainage canals, and pumping stations. in 1916, theyThat's when the Dutch decided to work on the Afsluitdijk to protect low-lying areas and the wall off the Zuiderzee from the sea.

The seawall was one of the largest engineering feats of its time, spanning 20 mi and aMore impressive was the fact that it was topped off by sand and clay, and held together by grass.during another devastating flood in 1953? When was the Delta Works conceived and built? What otherGET YOUR DAILY NEWS DIRECTLY IN YOUR INBOX

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