TED-Ed: Hey why isn't the Netherlands underwater? Me at 3 AM: hmm ye why?

@laddysingh4486

4 жыл бұрын

Ravan holy me too

@MrGeorgik123

4 жыл бұрын

03:19 lol

@RPDBY

4 жыл бұрын

Very informative comment

@miguelplaza6433

4 жыл бұрын

Ravan Quarantine vibes

@mikkel6437

4 жыл бұрын

Ravan 03:12

Damn. I didnt know Netherlands was fighting literal Poseidon.

@ninnie714

4 жыл бұрын

Yes we are and pretty good at it :)

@poweroffriendship2.0

4 жыл бұрын

And I didn't knew Spongebob is in Netherlands.

@wackypacky6917

4 жыл бұрын

They are Posiden

@AtticusHimself

4 жыл бұрын

I don't think you know what "literal" means

@merrittanimation7721

4 жыл бұрын

"I am the sand guardian, guardian of the sand." "POSEIDON QUIVERS BEFORE HIM!"

Nice to see that this video is in my recommendations just as the rivers are overflowing in Limburg and most likely will overflow in other places as well

@SGCStylezZ

2 жыл бұрын

Precies dit :'D

@lorenzovanderlei1870

2 жыл бұрын

Hetzelfde

@loeszzzz8478

2 жыл бұрын

I solely clicked the video to mention the irony

@DutchCommando.

2 жыл бұрын

Lol

@MrEditor79

2 жыл бұрын

Ja klopt. Biblical scenes in Belgium too...

It makes me proud to be a Dutch civil engineer. I lived near a part of the Deltaworks as a kid. This inspired me to be a civil engineer!

@JebaTM-nq8bp

2 жыл бұрын

Goedzo

@demoulius1529

2 жыл бұрын

Goed bezig gozert!

@mrhupwop981

2 жыл бұрын

@@JebaTM-nq8bp you oouou oi au

@muftiwicaksono6629

2 жыл бұрын

Please save us, send from Jakarta.

@reuireuiop0

2 жыл бұрын

@@muftiwicaksono6629 Heard there's Dutch engineers working on that too... However, Djakarta will have to make do with being constructed following the former colonial Dutch traditions - city's been built right onto a former swamp

Actually the Dutch people are so tall that the water is nowhere *near* their head.

@stormchazer3068

4 жыл бұрын

I don't were you got that from, but we do have the hygiene to shower, in fact I just showered two ours ago.

@laabib44

4 жыл бұрын

@@stormchazer3068 I meant that if there is a flood then the water could not reach the head.

@emailakkont6520

4 жыл бұрын

@@stormchazer3068 wtf 😂😂

@frederiquehoogsteder5775

4 жыл бұрын

Wiebe Sikkema hoe dom ben jij?😂 Hij bedoelt dat als we overstromen dat we zo lang zijn dat het water niet eens bij ons hoofd komt

@maartenfranken9182

4 жыл бұрын

@@frederiquehoogsteder5775 drm

Title: Why isn't the Netherlands underwater? Me: Why should the Netherlands be underwater?

@anatine_banana_69

4 жыл бұрын

불고기 power Ferox it’s part time Atlantis

@giwrgoskwstakis6669

4 жыл бұрын

It should .

@rockets4kids

4 жыл бұрын

More than one quarter of the country is below sea level!

@maartenfranken9182

4 жыл бұрын

Did you hear the intro?

@maartenfranken9182

4 жыл бұрын

@@rockets4kids wel meer denk ik

When I was a kid I thought that windmills were giant fans and that the Netherlands prevented flooding by using them to blow water away from land.

@Merelisdebest

2 жыл бұрын

Well windmills did not prevent floods but some types did actually pump water out of big lakes so they could use the empty lakes for farming and building houses on! I live in one of these emptied lakes :) so kid you was not all wrong 😄

@SeaKaned

2 жыл бұрын

Ah yes, a REAL scientist.

@sietsezandstra8531

2 жыл бұрын

Don't let the media tell you otherwise that's exactly what we use them for I saw one break down the other week and we immediately had to evacuate from the oncoming flood

@flameextrahot3930

2 жыл бұрын

@@sietsezandstra8531 doe normaal.

@pavanw

2 жыл бұрын

Windmills are used to pump flood water in below sea-level land to sea as gravity doesn't allow it.

As being Dutch by muyself I always get such a proud felling when I am watching this kind of stuff.

Every science channel: Make videos about coronavirus. Ted ed: Why isn't Netherlands under water.

@himeshthungaturthi3215

4 жыл бұрын

Ted ed is love

@snowpiercer8001

4 жыл бұрын

It’s cuz animations aren’t done in an instant. Also, videos are probably scheduled.

@eliiuu9597

4 жыл бұрын

It’s because of stuff

@asyhraf6304

4 жыл бұрын

I read ted's replies on one of their video.. iirc a video will take around 6 month to complete

@lasigna0212

4 жыл бұрын

I'm fed up with the virus videos, so this video is a breath of fresh air for me

This is exactly what Bear Grylls meant when he uttered his famous word: *_”Improvise. Adapt. Overcome.”_*

@sodruntiadarisau2432

4 жыл бұрын

it's famously knowed as his words..

@arjun6358

3 жыл бұрын

@Shubham Chauhan haha it's just a TV show. Bear is skilled no one can deny that.

@RedbadvanRijn-ft3vv

3 жыл бұрын

Luctor et emergo.

@zarmindrow5831

3 жыл бұрын

Improvise. Adapt. Overcome. In Bed.

@aina4273

3 жыл бұрын

we need to IMPROVISE inorder to ADAPT so we can OVERCOME.

The best part is, after fixing our own country we decided to help others. Whenever you see some waterworks in other countries it might be made/supported by a Dutch company.

@6lhulhu6

2 жыл бұрын

"Help"? Don't they gain nothing with it? Hard to believe with Dutch's history in colonialism and current role in global capitalism/neo colonialism.

@duncandl910

2 жыл бұрын

@@6lhulhu6 lmao

@binyaminkup2967

2 жыл бұрын

@@6lhulhu6 yes they help.

@SeaKaned

2 жыл бұрын

Ah yes, rekolonisatie

@joostprins3381

2 жыл бұрын

Not to be a cynic, but helping? Selling yes, and let them pay for it good…..

the Netherlands: **successfully defies the sea** Batavia/Jakarta: THIS IS FINE **in sinking**

@ir4629

2 жыл бұрын

Which happens when the Netherlands try to colonise and rule places that aren’t Netherlands

@lalakarolina8229

2 жыл бұрын

Ironically, the Dutch colonisers created that problem.

@Dexalium

2 жыл бұрын

Funny enough the dutch tried to colonize indonesia for around 300 years before giving up to japan in 19xx, why do i know this? Why because i'm indonesian of course, not that any of you asked anyways.

@Schwello.

2 жыл бұрын

@@Dexalium the flooding is caused by the Indonesian government isn't it? The Indonesian government paved the entire city of Jakarta with concrete so no water can go into the ground anymore. This is a problem made by Indonesians. Not the Dutch.

@Dexalium

2 жыл бұрын

@@Schwello. didnt say it was a problem made by the dutch

The greatest wars of all time: 3: Entente vs Triple Alliance 2: Allied Forces vs Axis 1: *Netherlands vs water*

@slightlyexistential1640

4 жыл бұрын

You forgot australia vs emus

@SOPHIA-wh6uq

4 жыл бұрын

soy joy haha

@niconicer6463

4 жыл бұрын

soy joy je hebt gelijk

@dataexpunged2827

4 жыл бұрын

Antanta? Pretty sure it’s entente. Edit: thanks for changing it!

@iakovojackgr6729

4 жыл бұрын

Greece vs Persia

Dutch people : *exist* Sea : Why do i hear boss music?

@FedJimSmith

4 жыл бұрын

Dutch Symphonic Metal !!

@juliacalismusic8572

3 жыл бұрын

That made me laugh 😂

@RedbadvanRijn-ft3vv

3 жыл бұрын

@@FedJimSmith The sea hates our Dutch jodeling. kzread.info/dash/bejne/hHp4uZubj8jQlqw.html

@JoostToTheMax

3 жыл бұрын

The water is not our enemy, the water has always been our greatest ally. Whenever the Netherlands gets invaded by enemies, we just let the whole country flood.

@Whisky2000

3 жыл бұрын

Y E S. Go my country holland.

"Is call the Delta Works". Wow, Delta won an emmy first and now is stopping people to died. A true hero.

“How to go with the flow” end statement was sooo clever!

I swear Netherlands is the apex of nature and humans in harmony. I had been there for a student exchange and I swear it's a destination to visit. Not going to spoil the experience for anyone going there.

@apegrasshoplizard

4 жыл бұрын

Those must have been some good shrooms you took !

@gondametzger6146

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@smitgaikwad2904

4 жыл бұрын

X unfortunately I was 17 when I went for the student exchange. So no shrooms and I was staying at the hosting persons house.

@christoskoutsakis5303

4 жыл бұрын

Bro I really want to go there for my after college degree, I'm kinda "anxious" to go to another county far from mine all alone and try to find my way there.. Any thoughts to help me organize and make it?

@thieunicolaes8336

4 жыл бұрын

Bro, i live there

This man knows more about my country than i do.

@wiwikawaii473

4 жыл бұрын

I want to visit it so bad😭😭😭😭👏👏👏

@eenvleugjegoeiegames

4 жыл бұрын

Dan heb je niet goed opgelet bij aardrijkskunde

@relo999

4 жыл бұрын

Duidelijk gezakt voor aardrijkskunde.

@ducolam

4 жыл бұрын

Kei harde onvoldoende

@eliiuu9597

4 жыл бұрын

Same 😂

My grandfather moved to the US from the Netherlands in 1950 but ever since I was a little boy I always been fascinated by the Netherlands knowing I have ancestors and even relatives from there even today. When I was 18 I took a trip there and how they separated there yards was not with fences but canals it was so memorable and I cannot wait to go back and hopefully stay a little longer than a month

Even though the Netherlands *is* underwater rn, this video still helps me understand why a sudden flood in these areas can be so devastating.

@xenzgoul8319

2 жыл бұрын

@Gewoon Ruben We can't really do anything, the current sittuation in our country is because Germany and Belgium don't invest enough in water management. We could build great structures on the border that will protect our people but will also effectively screw over the Germans & Belgian folks on the other side of that structure because then the rivers have nowhere to go to.

@therealdutchidiot

2 жыл бұрын

@@xenzgoul8319 Limburg itself didn't want its landscape changed either to help with flooding. The local governments of Limburg are more to blame than anyone.

Last time I was this early, the Netherlands was underwater

@michielvdvlies3315

4 жыл бұрын

the last time i was this early there was a war in vietnam

@michielvdvlies3315

4 жыл бұрын

@Tour Maelone is there a winner in a war? they are all losers

@nickeman132

4 жыл бұрын

well you're kind of late in that case

@poppying2858

4 жыл бұрын

Michiel vd Vlies really? When u guys win, you proud of that, and when u guys loss, “no it was a tactical retreat” :v

@michielvdvlies3315

4 жыл бұрын

@@poppying2858 we guys? define yourself!! im not from the us of a

Poseidon: Doesn't exist. The Dutch: We're still gonna end this man's entire career.

@robink9577

4 жыл бұрын

This is hilarious, I love it.

@niekhofman428

3 жыл бұрын

FIGHT!!!

@midimusicforever

3 жыл бұрын

@@Collino030 I was referring to the people, not the country. Should I have written "the Nethers", you mean?

@JoostToTheMax

3 жыл бұрын

The water is not our enemy, the water has always been our greatest ally. Whenever the Netherlands gets invaded by enemies, we just let the whole country flood.

@akashiseijuro5216

3 жыл бұрын

@@JoostToTheMax thats a big brain move eh

Here in Australia we have the best flood management systems. Our city councils, developers, and builders simply direct the flood waters into people's houses.

Now here we are, we're safe from the storms from the north sea but now the Maas flooded multiple city's/villages

@wp12mv

2 жыл бұрын

Germany and Belgium need to do their own version of Deltaworks & Ruimte voor de Rivier honestly

@ploefnora

2 жыл бұрын

But that water is from the moutains, and we have no experience with mountains

@joostprins3381

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, but in no way as much as it had been 10 years ago, a lot is done and will be done, it’s just our legacy.

“Why isn’t the Netherlands under water?” Me already knowing the answer from thousands of other videos: yeah let’s watch it.

@anglerfish61

3 жыл бұрын

me, living in the Netherlands ánd Rotterdam + knowing it by heart: yes lets watch it xD

@donny4799

3 жыл бұрын

Ik die dit al 8 jaar op school heb gehad: hmm interesting

@ryanheeren3781

3 жыл бұрын

Kanye West dit dus

@puckchang8691

3 жыл бұрын

well, someone had to fact-check it!

@blauwbeer556

3 жыл бұрын

@@anglerfish61 ik, leeft in nederland en rotterdam + het weten bij mijn hart: ja, laten we dit kijken xD... sorry, i had to do it.

Why are the Dutch so tall? Shorter ones drowned in floods.

@callmejeffrey4999

4 жыл бұрын

💀

@shuushiroll7984

4 жыл бұрын

Interesting theory if I do say so myself.

@fasiuddiin

4 жыл бұрын

now i can't stop thinking about it .

@rzo2271

4 жыл бұрын

Natural selection o.0

@fabianalfonsoooo

4 жыл бұрын

such a dark dark joke!

How have I never heard of any of this in 31 years... It's so interesting and clever!

I swear the Ted ed never ceases to amaze me because literally I took a plane to Amsterdam a few days ago and I saw the country from the sky and I was surprised because my expectations were different, from what I thought the country looked like to what it actually was like There were so much water and I thought to myself how is this country even above water there is so much water and I did not think it was like that I thought it would be something like Germany and then now today just a few days after I had been in Amsterdam for a couple of hours I get this ted ed video recommended it’s like they know this without me having to search up anything as well as I watch ted ed videos frequently or occasionally lol these videos are so well put together and I think they are interesting as well as educational and the animations are always on point

Where have I seen this title before?

@rileyli6174

3 жыл бұрын

How did no one find this comment (btw great videos)

@1bfachrelaulio959

3 жыл бұрын

Oh hi

@Flower-sf9rc

3 жыл бұрын

nainywvyavyavao

@stijnhs

3 жыл бұрын

Well... Your title is "Why the Netherlands isn't underwater" and this title is "Why isn't the Netherlands underwater?" BIG DIFFERENCE!! one is a question and the other isn't. Nah mate, just kidding, this is kinda copied, love your videos by the way

@nvwest

3 жыл бұрын

Love your channel

Oceanfloor: exists The Dutch: *IT'S FREE REAL ESTATE*

@laurahenry7728

3 жыл бұрын

Ok

@mijn21

2 жыл бұрын

I mean, Flevoland is a thing so yeah. It's a different thing though. This video explains how we keep storms from flooding us. Creating our own land was done by making a lake out of a part of the sea and emptying it a bit, pumping up ground to create a new province

@dipakdasgupta6611

2 жыл бұрын

@@mijn21 which province are you from

@mijn21

2 жыл бұрын

@@dipakdasgupta6611 I'm from Limburg

@dipakdasgupta6611

2 жыл бұрын

@@mijn21 oh dear, so you are experiencing those floods now... Is the situation better?

Nice.. your animations were greatly appreciated by us

Starting tune is so relaxing....

You know what, here in Indonesia, there are a lot of dams built by Dutch in colonial era and still works till today. They even built artificial river for irrigation in my hometown crossing above the natural river like intersection road and that's really fascinating. They have very good water management science

@arkasuhandi2702

2 жыл бұрын

They are also very good at torturing Indonesians and dredging up their natural wealth

@p.nguyen8136

2 жыл бұрын

@@arkasuhandi2702 still bitter after 75 years of independence?

@Vuudro

2 жыл бұрын

@@arkasuhandi2702 udh jaman baru bro... jgn nahan dendam

@saniainez

2 жыл бұрын

True, although a lot of them has gone to disrepair (read: never been maintained well)...

@msgpatient7850

2 жыл бұрын

@@arkasuhandi2702 they're long dead. It's behind us now.

A poem near the delta works: "Here rule over the sea, The moon, the wind, and we."

@tiaxanderson9725

3 жыл бұрын

"near"? I believe you meant roughly at the middle of the Eastern Scheldt Storm Surge Barrier. 51°38'30.2"N 3°42'48.6"E

@zachtavaris5378

3 жыл бұрын

Nature always wins in the end.

@jurgenoostenbrugge4118

3 жыл бұрын

@@zachtavaris5378 nature got nothing on us. You ain't much if you ain't Dutch.

@zachtavaris5378

3 жыл бұрын

@@jurgenoostenbrugge4118 Misplaced arrogance is dangerous, your statement is a proof of that. I won't generalize and make a sweeping statement over 17+ million Dutch. Hope you know the Dutch history? On the other hand where was that Dutch resistance against the Germans? How long did it take before your ancestors put their hands and legs up infront of the Germans? Sit down and stay humble, you are not fooling anyone. And go easy on the mushrooms.

@stanpines9011

3 жыл бұрын

@@zachtavaris5378 "where was the dutch resistance against the germans?" you do know the germans bombed rotterdam, the second largest city in the netherlands, and were threatening to do the same to other big cities if we didn't surrender, right?

totally amazing

Why am I feeling so clam watching this Clip....?!!!

I live in germany and when I visited the netherlands for the first time, I have never thought that 500 km away from my home was such a different and advanced country. After crossing the border, the landstucture changed a lot. Everything was much cleaner and more controlled. The cities are awesome and the architecture is so unique. The people are so tolerant and so are the laws. Many people say german and dutch are very similar but I can't agree with that. I'm still very thankfull to live in germany 👍👌

@kirstent2554

4 жыл бұрын

I'm Dutch and I think that Germany is such a beautiful country. Unpopular opinion I love the language! The architecture in the old cities is amazing in Germany.

@rambro5104

4 жыл бұрын

@Kamil S pls explain 😂

@scatalin09

4 жыл бұрын

Tolerant?! You didn’t spend much time there, did you?

@bluegleam8168

4 жыл бұрын

@Kamil S it is

@rambro5104

4 жыл бұрын

@@scatalin09 no but i only shared all my positive experience

When my favourite channel makes a video about my country *Happy Dutch noises*

@Cora.T

4 жыл бұрын

Ja dat 😂 het is altijd zo'n moment "oh kijk de wereld realiseert zich dat wij ook nog bestaan ( voor iets anders dan wiet en A'dam )"

@Lucatas2

4 жыл бұрын

Haha ik heb het zelfde

@sprinkleman8103

4 жыл бұрын

Me too En hier is je bewijs

@phoenixflamegames1

4 жыл бұрын

Cora T dit. EXACT. DIT. Het is amsterdam, wiet of niks.

@kampvuurman-1186

4 жыл бұрын

🇳🇱Nederland!!!!🇳🇱

Ted is always answering my questions damn

WOW. This is amazing 👏🏼

Dutch are pretty impressive. Also the best farmers in the world. Greetings from Ireland!

@hisss

4 жыл бұрын

Your distillers are better though, sláinte! 😁🥃

@niranjanr8075

4 жыл бұрын

Love Netherlands

@thomastakesatollforthedark2231

4 жыл бұрын

Your beer is much better, my red haired friend... Stay away from Jenever tho. I had some Irish gin and it tasted like soap

@sanchitagolder

4 жыл бұрын

wholesome

@-gemberkoekje-5547

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Ireland! You have great youtubers!

I wish every child got to learn about the amazing Dutch water management system at school here in Bangladesh! That would've resulted in bringing about a generation of conscious citizens who could create engineering marvels like this at a much more affordable localized rate to save millions of people from extreme financial and livelihood losses that occur every damn year in here due to the monsoon floods and rise of the Bengal sea.

@BarnOwl61

3 жыл бұрын

Please Sir, do remember that these water infrastructural works came at enormous effort and costs. I do think we, the Dutch, could be of great assistance finding solutions for every challenge worldwide.

@laurensstap7296

3 жыл бұрын

In bangladesh its ten times worse with the delta and the coast is way longer than then netherlands

@robertodevries3738

3 жыл бұрын

This is investment billions of $

@tomatoheadfd

2 жыл бұрын

@@laurensstap7296 If it is so much worse. How come you haven't developed the cultural and technical connections and know how with water management like the Dutch have. Maybe colonialism? But that seems like a poor excuse for modern day.

@cosmokaulitz22

2 жыл бұрын

@@BarnOwl61 we do not face such problems yet in Panama, but I know we will as sea levels rise. There is money but no political will (aka Corruption) and well also our people are not well prepared in the field.

This is a lesson for the world on how to deal with rising sea levels

This video was very insightful to me, its great to see the technology used to control flooding in action.

Netherlands built a wall. And made the sea pay for it.

@insertfunnyname9588

3 жыл бұрын

Trump was hella jelous of our walls

@muhammadfiras4784

3 жыл бұрын

I wheeze

@l2516

3 жыл бұрын

Like Caligula we declared war on the sea, we taxed the fish to build these dams

@shoegaz

3 жыл бұрын

sasavgegto

@laurensdeputter1114

3 жыл бұрын

We need to keep the water from mexico out of our country! Lol

TED-Ed : "Why isn't the Netherlands underwater?" Me a Minecraft veteran : because you cannot place water in the nether, it dries there.....

@HayatoByakurai

4 жыл бұрын

I was looking for this comment.

@cattoO_O

4 жыл бұрын

I bought minecraft PE 6 months Ago and still Don't know how to play😔 can you help pls

@Bugico

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@briannawarren4174

4 жыл бұрын

10/10 pun

@SpookySkeletonn

4 жыл бұрын

@@cattoO_O it will become easy when you see the crafting recipies and know what different blocks do and how mobs behave... also you cannot play normally in creative and adventure modes.... you need to be in survival to have the full Minecraft experience... you shall checkout other youtubers tutorials, it might help.

Awesome stuff 👍👍

Mooi om te zien dit

Now I know why every Dutch city's name ends with "Dam" and "Deijk"

@wp12mv

4 жыл бұрын

Or dam... AmsterDAM RotterDam they're all founded through water management a 1000 years ago

@stormchazer3068

4 жыл бұрын

Arnhem be like 👀 Delft be like 👀 Twente be like 👀 90% of Dutch cities be like 👀

@jbcheema9883

4 жыл бұрын

@@wp12mv Thanks

@michielvdvlies3315

4 жыл бұрын

Leiden?????

@michielvdvlies3315

4 жыл бұрын

@@wp12mv amsterdam and rotterdam were villages 1000 years ago! the first waterboard in Holland was Rijnland in Leiden and surrounding area! nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoogheemraadschap_van_Rijnland

*"God made the world, the dutch made the Netherlands"* edit: I should've expected this to become a war ngl

@eviebalk3488

4 жыл бұрын

CHO Yan my geography theacher always says that the Dutch ruined the Netherlands Because the land got so low because we ruined our land bij finding veen some sort of clay I don’t really know how to explain it

@fuzzyduck1199

4 жыл бұрын

@@eviebalk3488 not entirely true, there are also geological processes at work that cause The Netherlands to drop below sealevel and loose land.

@ckm2526

4 жыл бұрын

God made the Heavens and the Earth and everything in it✝️❤️

@Ayush-ok6ck

3 жыл бұрын

Now that's deep

@sukhendramajumder7656

3 жыл бұрын

CHO Yan was expecting to see this comment.

Kudo's to the music. Really fitting. 3 Kisses from the Netherlands.

Awesome video 👏

Dutch Government: Spending billions to protect the country from natural calamity My Government: Spending billions in a non-sense thing

@sagi-dg8ht

4 жыл бұрын

@dread true r/wooooosh

@youcantalwaysgetwhatyouwan6687

4 жыл бұрын

@dread true I am Chinese Southeast Asian

@vanivanov9571

4 жыл бұрын

As if. The Dutch refuse to pay for a quarantine... they have the 5th (6th if you count San Morino) per capita death rate of any country for coronavirus, and apparently they plan for several percent of their population to die so as to develop "Herd Immunity."

@CDexie

4 жыл бұрын

@@vanivanov9571 All because "the line on the graph must go up", even if it is due to the blood of the citizens.

@rjpena6273

4 жыл бұрын

My gov: Kill all drug addicts!

When your government is effective, this is what you get.

@phoenixflamegames1

3 жыл бұрын

People here would still disagree with you but this is a very good example indeed.

@spookykidbunny

3 жыл бұрын

at what cost though? the netherlands like all european countries as well as settler colonial territories like NA and AUS exploit migrant workers and the global south as a whole. the netherlands is cool and all but its important to remember all governments have downfalls and secrets that come out only decades after the fact. not to mention the horrific history of Dutch colonialism especially to Indonesian peoples.

@milangeorgievski4191

2 жыл бұрын

@@spookykidbunny damn bro you didn't have to expose the dutch like that they were just talking about how efficient the dutch government is

@phoenixflamegames1

2 жыл бұрын

@@spookykidbunny I cant read this because 1. The second sentence doesnt have a verb 2. You are countering your own argument and 3. Your argument has nothing to do with the current topic which is “efficiency of the dutch government against flooding” Edit: Okay it’s fine now since he edited the comment.

@rishavmasih9450

2 жыл бұрын

@@phoenixflamegames1 lets not try to pick on grammatical errors.

Love how the pronunciation of Maeslantkering in this video conforms to Rotterdam-Dutch emphasis patterns :D

I live there, and can confirm that it os still dry, but earlier this year a part of the country was flooded. Also your dutch is pretty good!

Me, A Dutchie already knowing this. Yeah let’s still watch it

@akmalhakimsabri3825

3 жыл бұрын

how tall are you?

@Victoria-up6iq

3 жыл бұрын

@@akmalhakimsabri3825 I’m 1.73 sir 🤠

@tiesvandongen6647

3 жыл бұрын

Hetzelfde

@rosaliegrummel7818

3 жыл бұрын

Same

@SomePersonSomewhere

2 жыл бұрын

@@akmalhakimsabri3825 1.91

Me, a Dutch person: I know all of this, but it’s too much fun to watch a TED-ed video. Also, for the people who want to know, the disaster that flooded our coastline spoken of in the intro was called “De watersnoodramp” roughly translated into The Water disaster, although its official name is North Sea Flood. It occurred on the night of 31st of January to the first of February 1953. It caused 1836 casualties in the Netherlands and because of it, the government thought of these plans to prevent it from ever happening again yet not disrupting the natural flow of water and fish in the area. Sorry, it’s a bit long but I hope you enjoyed it

@thomastakesatollforthedark2231

4 жыл бұрын

@Drive YT Brand oh, if it where up to people like me, our country would swoop in the second corona was over (unless this shutdown caused a depression of course) but sadly our government is less interested in increasing ties via business and aid with none European nations than it is in trying to pay England to not leave the EU

@mrrit

4 жыл бұрын

@Drive YT Brand from what I know, in Jakarta, there's a whole mangrove restauration going on. Planting and research/monitoring to see how the new mangroves root/grow. Unfortunately due to defrosting the mangroves and poor water quality Jakarta and other Indonesian islands have lost a natural defence against floods. Luckily they discovered the mistakes and are trying to restore the natural boundary. Research program is done by Wageningen university. But very simple answer, the Dutch are already helping on Jakarta. ;)

@phoenixflamegames1

4 жыл бұрын

Drive YT Brand I have known about the problems concerning water in other countries. It’s such a shame that this management is so expensive. You guys also have the problem of being COMPLETELY surrounded by water while we do not have that problem.

@phoenixflamegames1

4 жыл бұрын

Thomas takes a toll for the dark You know what, it seems like a good way to pay Indonesia back from what “we” did to them when they were our colony.

@with_Nikhil

4 жыл бұрын

I just helped u complete ur century🙃

Wow that is so impressive

Man this is amazing! It's incredible! I hope you can tell how impressed I am because this is just that cool

This sounds straight out of a science fiction

@djokealtena2538

4 жыл бұрын

Wait until the Final results of our watermanagement when it comes to farming comes to light. I heard we're experimenting with getting produce with minimum of rainwater...if successfull we could potentially put a farm in a desert like area.

@thomastakesatollforthedark2231

4 жыл бұрын

@@djokealtena2538 of course, it'll require a lot of work, due to the low nutrients within deserts. Water isn't the only thing plants need to grow, but it IS step forward

@DeeDellimore

3 жыл бұрын

Nah its pretty much normal daily life here.😂

@mijn21

2 жыл бұрын

@@thomastakesatollforthedark2231 True, but you have to keep in mind that a lot of the Netherlands' soil is originally not suit for agricultural activity

@The-F.R.E.E.-J.

2 жыл бұрын

And why do you think it's done with cartoons? At least NASA's fiction uses some sort of CGI to lie to you.

As someone who's Dutch and have lived here my entire life, I can confirm that this is the most educative and informative video on this subject

@joyl7842

3 жыл бұрын

There are quite a few video's much more informative than this one, going into detail about the separate projects and technologies involved

Wow!! It's amazing

I LOVE THIS SO MUCH :3

Netherlands truly has an amazing flood prevention system! Thanks ted ed for allowing us to learn so much from all around the world

Netherlands: I need to save myself from drowning California: I need to save myself from burning Australia: I need to save myself from drowning and burning at the same time

@deedeegottyme3671

4 жыл бұрын

Antartica: I need to save my self from melting

@MultiDEVILMAYCRY123

4 жыл бұрын

And dying of coronavirus

@surinmansukh3603

4 жыл бұрын

@@MultiDEVILMAYCRY123 India 🇮🇳💐 😊🙏

@MultiDEVILMAYCRY123

4 жыл бұрын

@@surinmansukh3603 looks like India is gonna blow soon with the virus

@-gemberkoekje-5547

4 жыл бұрын

We don't need any help, y'all need our help.

Although I don't live in the Netherlands my family heritage originates in Rotterdam and Dordrecht. The history fascinates me; we come from ship builders, and more currently books which, incidentally, I found out while working in a bookstore! Thanks for providing a peek into my history.

Super interesting! Wow!

Netherlands undertook these huge infrastructure projects as early as 1950's. Today they have some of the best companies in large scale engineering, construction, super-heavy lifting, and salvaging sectors. I wonder if there's a connection there.

@SeaKaned

2 жыл бұрын

Cool story, but we just wanted to colonize the sea too.

@maartenbakker8311

2 жыл бұрын

Ehum... afsluitdijk (1927 to 1932 under construction).

@hendman4083

2 жыл бұрын

Practice makes perfect, and we had a lot of practice. 🤗

@NLwino

2 жыл бұрын

@@maartenbakker8311 Beemster polder finished in 1612. 72km2 size. Not bad for that time.

"Here rule the sea, the moon the wind and we", translated quote from the Oosterschelde stormfloodbarier

@CaptainCed

4 жыл бұрын

14OF12 your wording is ambiguous and could imply that the sea rules. A more accurate translation would be "Here rule over the sea: the moon, the wind, and we."

@CATboss001

4 жыл бұрын

@@CaptainCedworks better in Dutch, trust me.

@CaptainCed

4 жыл бұрын

Catam Vanitas dat ben ik met je eens ja

@Freeze014

4 жыл бұрын

@@CaptainCed Better would be... Here the tides are governed by the moon, the wind and us.

@BelleVanSchijndel

3 жыл бұрын

The official translation is: here the sea has rulers three - the moon, the wind, and we.

I live like 5 min away from one of these bridges, so it's very funny to see these things explained as very special

Wonderful!

KZread: hey watch this video about the Netherlands and why it’s not underwater. Me being Dutch: ....WAt?

@futurespy523

3 жыл бұрын

Jij bent niet te enigste want wij Nederlanders hoeven zulke video's niet te bekijken we zijn veel te slim voor deze Amerikanen

@dansmariekje

2 жыл бұрын

I had exactly the same 😂👌

@gogi2500

2 жыл бұрын

In minecraft there is no water in nether

Mother nature: dude, just move on! Netherlands: *NO*

@kevodecha

3 жыл бұрын

Genius

props to the illustrator

Amazing

Make disaster into a blessing. Really impressive

Flood: *arrives* Netherlands: OH GOD NO 54 years later Flood: *arrives again* Netherlands: I am 4 parallel universes ahead of you.

@astifeux5787

2 жыл бұрын

flood: *flanks them and floods limburg* netherlands: no that’s not how you’re supposed to play the game.

@reuireuiop0

2 жыл бұрын

Flood - Awaits another centery of global warming. .. In Arnie's words _"I'll be back !"_

@therealdutchidiot

2 жыл бұрын

@@astifeux5787 more like "limburg water boards: we're such geniuses" 🤣

Marvelous

Wow so many smart solutions. Not only water management but nature and climate solutions too

the thing i know about the Netherlands : everyone is so tall, landscape is flat, more bicycle than people and excellent English

@eliiuu9597

4 жыл бұрын

True, true. Do you know why I can approve that.. heehee I’m dutch

@LizziesLukas

4 жыл бұрын

@@eliiuu9597 oh... Hi from Malaysia

@stormchazer3068

4 жыл бұрын

And I heard Dutch people are also beautiful af and literally water gods.

@stefanvanburgeler173

4 жыл бұрын

@@stormchazer3068 nah fam thats avatar

@tobias9790

4 жыл бұрын

And flowers and windmills

1:55 I'm not sure this is worded right. The design criteria for the city was to be able to withstand a 1 in 10000 year flood, NOT reduce the annual odds of flooding to 1 in 10000. The 1 in 10000 thing describes the magnitude of the flood, not it's annual probably.

@merren2306

3 жыл бұрын

You are literally describing one of the definitions of probability. If something occurs 1% of the time, then it has a 1% chance of happening each time.

@rever4217

3 жыл бұрын

@@merren2306 I think you missed what I read or misunderstood. I wasn't talking about the probability, I mentioned the design strength. Floods can still happen just as often, the city is just able to withstand a higher magnitude.

@ryannacario7849

2 жыл бұрын

@@merren2306 No, he said it right. It was designed to withstand a flood that's so strong it happens in only 1 in 10,000 years. It just sounds like it's a probability thing but it's just another form of description of the scale of the flood it was designed to withstand.

@merren2306

2 жыл бұрын

@@ryannacario7849 yes, but that magnitude of flood has the given probability of occurring, so both are correct.

Wow. That is the cooles thing I have heard this year.

I haven't seen the video yet. I just saw the frame and I'm literally like are you kidding me-? I saw a place like this in my dream years back and I didn't know a similar looking place actually existed. *Wow*

4:31 This suddenly became a tragic love story...

@RobMedellin

2 жыл бұрын

So true :(

@stanleyho8009

2 жыл бұрын

Lmaooo

Sea: nooo you can’t just stop my almighty storm from flooding your land! Dutch people: haha sluice gates go brrrrmm

@pinooo5815

3 жыл бұрын

Gerben Menzo not exactly doors but i don’t know the name for it in English

@ygemkaa

3 жыл бұрын

@@pinooo5815 sluizen?

@pinooo5815

3 жыл бұрын

Ygem Kaa yes but in English

@gerbenmenzo1993

3 жыл бұрын

What’s English for sluis?

@gerbenmenzo1993

3 жыл бұрын

@Emma Schimmel thanks! Dank je!

2:34 hey that really looks like the beach in new hamstede I guess, I was on vacation there quite often

4:10 I INSTANTLY recognized that as the place behind my school! I've seen it flood, I always wanted to swim in it uwu It's fun playing with it when it's flooded, I never knew it served as so much more!

@kaandx2731

2 жыл бұрын

uwu? 😐

The Netherlands: *in total chaos due to the Corona virus* TED-Ed: "Why isn't there more chaos in the Netherlands?"

@BendeVette

4 жыл бұрын

Yassin B. Total choas? Where?

@ls200076

4 жыл бұрын

??????

@Peter_Scheen

4 жыл бұрын

Because we are well educated and organised? We can still buy toilet paper.

@lenavanhalen8446

4 жыл бұрын

We’re not really in a chaos because of the Corona virus (Im dutch) almost everything is going very well😉

@henkoosterink8744

3 жыл бұрын

Total chaos? Did i miss something?

"Climate change is fake!" Rijkswaterstaat: I see....

Awesome!

So this was a very cool little video.

The world is gonna be begging for these Dutch engineers once the effects of climate change start to hit us hard.

@thomastakesatollforthedark2231

4 жыл бұрын

Ohh yes. As the world drowns we can reap in the sweet sweet profits of making dams for them.

@phoenixflamegames1

4 жыл бұрын

Thomas takes a toll for the dark Let’s hope it will not come that far so quickly.

@tallbeard7111

3 жыл бұрын

Actually a lot of them do work all over the world on projects.

@izukumidoriya3279

3 жыл бұрын

If that happens- Netherlands well take the helf of there money or land

@saocxdc210

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, the Vietnamese government actually asked for their helps

"Why isn't the Netherlands underwater?" Me, a Dutch person: huh? Why are they talking about us?

@hisss

4 жыл бұрын

Because the world loves us 😎

@ls200076

4 жыл бұрын

@some person We're used to be underappreciated.

@thomastakesatollforthedark2231

4 жыл бұрын

@@ls200076 and probably disposed. The Spanish, French, English. All a bunch of haters

@phoenixflamegames1

4 жыл бұрын

I can’t believe it either! We are pretty small after all.

@evanpaauwe1412

3 жыл бұрын

@@thomastakesatollforthedark2231 they are not haters the french not even close the dutch people are just haters and believe me i know im half dutch and french and i go every year to france

Facing one of the worst floods in decades, Malaysia has a lot to learn from the Netherlands. We cannot simply develop without thinking about the consequences to the populations in the low-lying area. Being an architect, I want to say the animation is super informative on the architecture & water management design!

Magic

U know what is coming G E K O L O N I S E E R D 🇳🇱

@anglerfish61

3 жыл бұрын

ja :D

@anaksi1

3 жыл бұрын

What does it mean

@anglerfish61

3 жыл бұрын

@@anaksi1 colonised

@leonbraakman1433

3 жыл бұрын

Ja man

@milosnel1739

3 жыл бұрын

G E K O L O N I S E E R D

we learnt this in geog class ! thanks ted-Ed for yet another informative video! (and making it so short compared to our lesson)

very effective and prove water management system

I'm from the Netherlands, small town near Rotterdam, I quite often see stuff like this just a few miles from home.