Delta Works

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Delta Works is a vast system of dams, storm surge barriers, and other hydraulic structures in the Netherlands designed to protect low-lying areas from the sea and river flooding.


Statements (54)
Predicate Object
instanceOf flood protection system
hydraulic engineering project
infrastructure project
constructionStart 1954
coordinatedBy Delta Committee
country Netherlands
crosses Eastern Scheldt
Grevelingen
Haringvliet
Hollands Diep
Hollandse IJssel
Nieuwe Waterweg
designedBy Dutch hydraulic engineers
Rijkswaterstaat
engineeringSignificance one of the largest flood protection projects in the world
follows North Sea Flood of 1953
hasPart Brouwersdam
Deltadijken
Grevelingendam
Haringvlietdam
Hartelkering
Maeslantkering
Oesterdam
Oosterscheldekering
Philipsdam
Stormvloedkering Hollandse IJssel
Veerse Gatdam
Volkerakdam
Zandkreekdam
strengthened dikes and levees
inception 1950s
locatedIn Kingdom of the Netherlands
North Brabant
Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta
South Holland
Zeeland
locatedOn North Sea coast
majorCompletion 1997
namedAfter Delta Plan
notableStructure Maeslantkering movable storm surge barrier
Oosterscheldekering storm surge barrier
partOf Dutch flood defence system
planningStart 1953
protects Randstad region
Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt estuary
Zeeland province
low-lying areas of the Netherlands
purpose coastal flood protection
land reclamation support
river flood protection
storm surge protection
water management
recognizedAs modern engineering landmark
tourism major tourist attraction in the Netherlands

Referenced by (32)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Brouwersdam
Eastern Scheldt
Grevelingen
Grevelingendam
Grevelingendam ("Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta defenses")
Haringvlietdam
Haringvlietdam ("Rhine–Meuse estuary control system")
Krammer ("Delta Works region")
Maeslantkering
Noord-Beveland ("Delta Works area")
North Sea via Brouwerssluis
Oesterdam
Oesterdam ("Zeeland flood defenses")
Philipsdam
Philipsdam ("Delta Plan for the protection of the southwest Netherlands")
Volkerakdam
Volkerakdam ("Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt estuary protection system")
Zoommeer
Zoommeer ("Delta Works compartmentalisation lakes")
partOf
Zoommeer ("Delta Works water management project")
createdAsPartOf
Nieuwe Waterweg ("Maeslantkering storm surge barrier")
floodProtection
Volkerak
formedBy
Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta
hasFloodProtectionProject
Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta ("Oosterscheldekering")
hasFloodProtectionStructure
Zeeland
knownFor
North Sea flood of 1953
ledTo
Rijkswaterstaat
notableProject
Grevelingendam ("Dutch Delta Plan")
partOfProject
island of Sint Philipsland
protectedBy
Hollandsche IJssel
roleIn
Volkerak ("Delta Works dams")
separatedFromSeaBy
Eastern Scheldt ("Delta Works project")
wasModifiedBy

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