Environment maps

Maps depicting environmental degradation across planet.

Environment maps

Dutch land reclamation efforts

About 17% of the total land area of the Netherlands has been reclaimed from the sea. As a result, approximately 65% of the nation would be underwater at high tide without dams and pumps. Land reclamation in the 20th century added 1,650 sq km or 640 sq mi to the nation’s land area. Today 21% of the Netherlands ‘ population dwells in 26% of the land below mean sea level.

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