Sand replenishment on a Dutch North Sea beach to prevent coastal erosion
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E.D. Torial / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
CPX33MFile size:
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4608 x 3455 px | 39 x 29.3 cm | 15.4 x 11.5 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
5 April 2012Location:
The Netherlands, NLD, Zeeland, Schouwen-Duiveland, Burgh-HaamstedeMore information:
Pipes for hydraulic filling of sand lie on the beach of the Dutch resort of Burgh-Haamstede at the North Sea. The Dutch Rijkswaterstaat administration moves sand to the shore at various locations. The additional sand is needed, because the sea washes away the existing sand from the coast, especially at stormy weather. Also, the sea level rises, and if nothing would be done, the coast would move inland. To prevent this, in the Netherlands on average 12 million cubic meters of sand per year are being soaked up from the North Sea ground off shore and moved to the coast by floating dredgers.