Common investigation
Common investigation
What is the function of the sea. Compare the function of the sea from the past until nowadays.
A group of children worked on this subject. They made a comparison between the Netherlands from the past and the Netherlands nowadays. The sea has a great impact of our country.
In the past (1953) we had a big natural disaster. A large part of the Netherlands has been flooded. Since then we started to protect us better against the violence of the sea. There have been build a storm surge and the delta works. This are constructions in the water, they help us against the sea.
In the past we had more water then nowadays in the Netherlands, a part of the 'Zuiderzee' has been drained, nowadays it is land. This process took over many and many years.
The sea is important for us for trade. We have a very large harbour in Rotterdam. This is a very inprotant harbour From here there are millions of products that are distributed to other countries, it is both import and export.
A group of children worked on this subject. They made a comparison between the Netherlands from the past and the Netherlands nowadays. The sea has a great impact of our country.
In the past (1953) we had a big natural disaster. A large part of the Netherlands has been flooded. Since then we started to protect us better against the violence of the sea. There have been build a storm surge and the delta works. This are constructions in the water, they help us against the sea.
In the past we had more water then nowadays in the Netherlands, a part of the 'Zuiderzee' has been drained, nowadays it is land. This process took over many and many years.
The sea is important for us for trade. We have a very large harbour in Rotterdam. This is a very inprotant harbour From here there are millions of products that are distributed to other countries, it is both import and export.