Haringvlietdam

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Haringvlietdam is a major Dutch storm surge barrier and dam complex that regulates water flow and protects the southwestern Netherlands from flooding as part of the Delta Works.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form As subject As object
Haringvliet 0 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Delta Works structure
dam
storm surge barrier
builtAfter North Sea flood of 1953
carries N57 road
connects Goeree-Overflakkee
Grevelingen
surface form: Voorne-Putten
constructionStart 1958
country Netherlands
crosses Haringvliet
designedBy Dutch hydraulic engineers
designedToWithstand North Sea storm surges
engineeringSignificance key element of post-1953 flood defences
environmentalRole influence on fish migration
regulation of salinity
hasComponent roadway
shipping locks
sluice complex
hasGateType sluice gates
hasLength approximately 4.5 kilometres
hasNavigationFunction allows ship passage via locks
hasStatus in operation
hasStructureType concrete dam
sluice dam
hasTrafficFunction road connection between islands
KierbesluitImplementation 2018
locatedIn South Holland
locatedInBodyOfWater Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta
locatedNear North Sea
nearbyCity Hellevoetsluis
Stellendam
notableFor large number of sluice gates
role in Dutch coastal defence
opened 1971
operator Rijkswaterstaat
ownedBy Netherlands
surface form: State of the Netherlands
partOf Delta Works
Delta Works
surface form: Rhine–Meuse estuary control system

primary Dutch flood defence system
policyChange Kierbesluit
protectsRegion southwestern Netherlands
purpose flood protection
prevention of storm surges
regulation of river discharge
regulatesOutflowOf Meuse
Rhine
underKierbesluit sluice gates partially opened for ecological reasons

Referenced by (7)

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

Delta Works crosses Haringvlietdam
this entity surface form: Haringvliet
Goeree-Overflakkee hasDike Haringvlietdam
Delta Works hasPart Haringvlietdam
Krammer locatedNear Haringvlietdam
this entity surface form: Haringvliet
Volkerakdam locatedNear Haringvlietdam
Rijkswaterstaat notableProject Haringvlietdam