Delta Works

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flood protection system hydraulic engineering project infrastructure project

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.

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All labels observed (23)

Label	Occurrences
Delta Works canonical	44
Delta Works coastal defense system	2
Dutch Delta Plan	2
Delta Plan for the protection of the southwest Netherlands	1
Delta Works area	1
Delta Works compartmentalisation lakes	1
Delta Works dams	1
Delta Works engineering	1
Delta Works project	1
Delta Works region	1
Delta Works sea defenses in Zeeland	1
Delta Works storm surge barriers	1
Delta Works water management project	1
Dutch Delta Works	1
Dutch Delta Works system	1
Dutch Delta Works water management system	1
Dutch Delta defence system	1
Maeslantkering storm surge barrier	1
Oosterscheldekering	1
Rhine–Meuse estuary control system	1
Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta defenses	1
Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt estuary protection system	1
Zeeland flood defenses	1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	flood protection system ⓘ hydraulic engineering project ⓘ infrastructure project ⓘ
constructionStart	1954 ⓘ
coordinatedBy	Delta Committee ⓘ
country	Netherlands ⓘ
crosses	Eastern Scheldt ⓘ Grevelingen ⓘ Haringvlietdam ⓘ surface form: Haringvliet Hollands Diep ⓘ Hollandsche IJssel ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: North Sea Flood of 1953
hasPart	Brouwersdam ⓘ Deltadijken ⓘ Grevelingendam ⓘ Haringvlietdam ⓘ Hartelkering ⓘ Maeslantkering ⓘ Oesterdam ⓘ Volkerakdam ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: 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 metropolitan region ⓘ surface form: Randstad region Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta ⓘ surface form: Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt estuary Zeeland ⓘ surface form: 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 (68)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta → hasFloodProtectionProject → Delta Works ⓘ

Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta → hasFloodProtectionStructure → Delta Works ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oosterscheldekering

Zeeland → knownFor → Delta Works ⓘ

Oesterdam → partOf → Delta Works ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zeeland flood defenses

North Sea flood of 1953 → ledTo → Delta Works ⓘ

Krammer → partOf → Delta Works ⓘ

this entity surface form: Delta Works region

Grevelingen → partOf → Delta Works ⓘ

Nieuwe Waterweg → floodProtection → Delta Works ⓘ

this entity surface form: Maeslantkering storm surge barrier

Haringvlietdam → partOf → Delta Works ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rhine–Meuse estuary control system

Brouwersdam → partOf → Delta Works ⓘ

Grevelingendam → partOf → Delta Works ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta defenses

Grevelingendam → partOfProject → Delta Works ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dutch Delta Plan

Volkerak → formedBy → Delta Works ⓘ

Volkerak → separatedFromSeaBy → Delta Works ⓘ

this entity surface form: Delta Works dams

Volkerakdam → partOf → Delta Works ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt estuary protection system

Maeslantkering → partOf → Delta Works ⓘ

Hollandsche IJssel → roleIn → Delta Works ⓘ

Philipsdam → partOf → Delta Works ⓘ

this entity surface form: Delta Plan for the protection of the southwest Netherlands

Noord-Beveland → partOf → Delta Works ⓘ

this entity surface form: Delta Works area

Eastern Scheldt → partOf → Delta Works ⓘ

Eastern Scheldt → wasModifiedBy → Delta Works ⓘ

this entity surface form: Delta Works project

Rijkswaterstaat → notableProject → Delta Works ⓘ

Zoommeer → partOf → Delta Works ⓘ

Zoommeer → createdAsPartOf → Delta Works ⓘ

this entity surface form: Delta Works water management project

Zoommeer → partOf → Delta Works ⓘ

this entity surface form: Delta Works compartmentalisation lakes

North Sea via Brouwerssluis → partOf → Delta Works ⓘ

island of Sint Philipsland → protectedBy → Delta Works ⓘ

N57 → partOf → Delta Works ⓘ

N57 → locatedNear → Delta Works ⓘ

this entity surface form: Delta Works storm surge barriers

Hartelkering → partOf → Delta Works ⓘ

Delta Committee → resultedIn → Delta Works ⓘ

Zandkreekdam → partOf → Delta Works ⓘ

Zandkreekdam → partOfDefenseSystem → Delta Works ⓘ

this entity surface form: Delta Works coastal defense system

Zandkreekdam → belongsToCategory → Delta Works ⓘ

Stormvloedkering Hollandse IJssel → partOf → Delta Works ⓘ

Stormvloedkering Hollandse IJssel → belongsTo → Delta Works ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dutch Delta Plan

Kierbesluit → relatedTo → Delta Works ⓘ

Oosterscheldekering storm surge barrier → partOf → Delta Works ⓘ

subject surface form: Oosterscheldekering

Maeslantkering movable storm surge barrier → partOf → Delta Works ⓘ

subject surface form: Maeslantkering

Veerse Gatdam → partOf → Delta Works ⓘ

this entity surface form: Delta Works coastal defense system

Volkeraksluizen → partOf → Delta Works ⓘ

Grevelingenmeer → partOf → Delta Works ⓘ

BOS computer system → partOf → Delta Works ⓘ

Haringvliet → partOf → Delta Works ⓘ