Why is the Netherlands disappearing underwater?
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Here’s why the Netherlands may have disappeared a long time ago if it wasn’t for their clever engineering.
Because the majority of the Netherlands lies below sea level, they have spent years constructing large-scale sea defenses to push back water and protect themselves from calamities. They've been fairly effective at it, reclaiming over 20% of their territory from the sea and lakes. How did they pull it off? Watch our video to find out.
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@SIRLEE
Ай бұрын
I don’t think folks from the Java islands and Indonesia would agree with you. Especially on the part about being just 😂😂
Zeewiderzee & Afslooitditch - this is what happens when you get an American computer to read Dutch. 😏
@Maelleng
Жыл бұрын
They absolutely butchered the pronunciation 💀
@Infamous41
Жыл бұрын
Cool
@joycestegeman4769
Жыл бұрын
I chuckled every time.
@NM-zb6pd
10 ай бұрын
🔥
@jooproos6559
3 ай бұрын
Yes!The sound of zuider is missing in the programming off the computer....🤣🤣
Here in Brazil we have a mill also, in Holambra - SP. I work there with dutch millers, but juts for tourists purpose.
@brunocontentetv1380
Жыл бұрын
Just*
@jdj8168
7 ай бұрын
That's so cool to hear, love from Nederland ❤️
our 9th standard geography syllabus covers this topic. now I'm better to understand how to build Netherlands because now I am a civil engineer. Love from INDIA.......
LOL...As a Dutch I do not need to watch this, as the title is fundamentally wrong!
did not know this about Holland, thanks for sharing
Love it 👍
They are basically in war with the sea
“God created the earth, but the Dutch created the Netherlands"
@RoccosVideos
2 жыл бұрын
I wrote this before I saw the end of the video.
@ngamashaka4894
2 жыл бұрын
No wonder they get flooded from time to time. Darn protestants... :p
As a Dutchmen,i am sure that it won´t be 65% of the land under water!The majority of the land is still above sea level,so how can it be 65 %?Outside the polders there is land above the sea level,only crossed by a river.So the land beside the river can only be in water when the river is very high,but then only the sides off the river will be wet.
Short answer: it isn't.
How impressive. Literally the first sentence is wrong 👏🏻
@I_am_somebody_1234
11 ай бұрын
65% of the netherlands is below sea level and most of it should have gone to the sea centuries ago
@noahvandenberg3637
11 ай бұрын
@@I_am_somebody_1234 do some actual research. Only 26% of the Netherlands is below sea level
proudful job for dutchs
@hiskebekkering3450
2 жыл бұрын
@cabgab Tell me you're ignorant, without saying you're ignorant. You don't know the first thing about the Dutch and their country, talking about hate, only to prove to all of us that your mind is poisoned with hatred. But do come over and visit us sometime, you might actually learn a thing or two. Peace...
5 billion dollar???? You won't get much for that. How ignorant.
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Meanwhile in Indonesia still busy with shit politics, and until now, never found a concrete solution to the flood problem.
@rutgerb
2 жыл бұрын
Colonialism?
@iprofox3758
2 жыл бұрын
Good.you should all be underwater.
@dutchman7623
Жыл бұрын
@@rutgerb During colonial times Batavia (Jakarta) had better waterworks than nowadays. Doesn't mean colonialism was a good thing, it was very bad and incorrect.
@rutgerb
Жыл бұрын
@@dutchman7623 het is iig geen "concrete solution". En grapjes over kolonisme vind ik zelfs nou niet meer grappig.
@coldogno7
Жыл бұрын
let the dutch return and rule the land
That's inspirational for any climate change affected country
@Steinstra-vj7wl
2 жыл бұрын
I'm Dutch. live close by the sea and this is a huge lie.
@brozius
2 жыл бұрын
Trust him, he knows all about it. The scientist that studied it know nothing at all.
Bull. I'm Dutch. 60+ years old.. and here is the truth: I live close to the North Sea, and sea level has not gone up since I was a small child...NOTHING !!!
@brozius
2 жыл бұрын
Thank god you are here and you know so much about it. These scientist that studied this for decades know nothing at all. Thank you so much!
@Steinstra-vj7wl
2 жыл бұрын
@@brozius They are well paid liars..uhmmm...did they pay you too? Looks like it, because sea level here is the same as it always was.
@johannesvanhoek9080
2 жыл бұрын
I was born in the Netherlands in a town called DenHelder, and I know what you say is true ! Same level now 👍
@brozius
2 жыл бұрын
@@Steinstra-vj7wl 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣
@Steinstra-vj7wl
2 жыл бұрын
@@brozius 😅🤣😆😂🙃😂🤣😅😆😅🤣😂😆😅🤣😅😆😆😆
The Netherlands needs to raise their lands more than dams, but to do this by dumping soil with trucks is not durable and takes a long time. That's why my opinion is that the Netherlands should be prepared for a big project. The project should create artificial volcanic eruptions and allow cities to raise land. Lava will cover the country's land like a blanket. Of course, the regions where this will be done must be transferred. It's not easy, but it came to my mind as the healthiest method.
@I_am_somebody_1234
11 ай бұрын
And its not exactly an easy political solution either. Forcing a volcano to erupt on otherwise lucrative fields will piss of the greens, ranchers, lobbyists and basically anyone who depends on that land being useful or doesnt feel like flooding acres of grassland with lava
@marccampbell4855
10 ай бұрын
What have you been smoking ?
@jdj8168
9 ай бұрын
You really think you are smarter than the Dutch water engineers?
@frankvandorp9732
8 ай бұрын
This is the kind of comment that probably sounded brilliant when you came up with it at 3:00 AM after sixteen beers. I'm Dutch, and I'm just left confused where the hell we're supposed to find a volcano in our country.
@gino-qd1oy
8 ай бұрын
@@frankvandorp9732well there is a volcano in the Waddenzee but its last eruption was 150 million years ago. And even if it was active how would we even force it to erupt and how do you even begin to control an eruption.
Los holandeses hicieron Holanda
If the Netherlands wants to save its land then the Dutch government should plant as many native trees in their country as possible. The trees take water from the land and hold the land firmly by their roots. There is no better natural way than mangroves to save the land lost in the sea, and the Netherlands will have to import sand from Arab countries. At least one thousand tons of sand should be imported to the Netherlands every year in large ships and coconut trees should be planted on the shores of the Netherlands. (Suggestion from Pakistan)
@dutchman7623
Жыл бұрын
Mangroves do not grow in Europe, and palm trees only in the very south... A thousand tons of sand do not help, we need half the Sahara.
@jooproos6559
3 ай бұрын
And i guess you sell that sand???😂
On my god! How can anyone mispronounce the name of the Zuiderzee? Only in America it would seem. Hint - it’s the zider-see (close enough, but it will prevent the Dutch going after the idiots that didn’t advise the narrator about pronunciations). Despite this and other screwups, it was an interesting video if a bit too short explaining a complex topic. Please, if you’re going to cover foreign languages like English, or European etc at least make the effort to pronounce the names correctly (or advise the narrator what to expect).
@escapedcops08
2 жыл бұрын
It's not even your native tongue since YOU also lack the comprehension to pronounce it correctly. A bit hypocritical and narcissistic of you.
The Dutch need to drink more water 😂
0:02 most used stock video ever used....
Of course It makes sense Only the Dutch would know how to get free land
@user-sp4xm1ox6i
Ай бұрын
ie Smart 🤓
If the commentator would pronounce Zuiderzee as he did . Nobody in the Netherlands would have a clue what he would be talking about He would be brought to an asylum for the seriously deranged.
Many generations were working hard there to prepare land for... immigrants.
Can't control nature
@brozius
7 ай бұрын
That's why the Dutch works with it.
This is such bullshit, lmao.
Allah helped for creating #Netherlands ❤️
@robertheinrichvonseyfenste267
Жыл бұрын
bull shit
@totomorenodosal
5 ай бұрын
allah just know how to " 4:23 "create" deserts
@jooproos6559
3 ай бұрын
Gods,in any form,has nothing to do with it..
Africans and other immigrants can never be as innovative as the native Dutch.
@podunkman2709
26 күн бұрын
Dutch population in Rotterdam is below 40% now. Same in Amsterdam and other cities.
@etienneterblanche9717
22 күн бұрын
Not a chance, never!