Volkerakdam Seawater Western Scheldt Zandkreekdam Zeeland Bridge The Delta Works (Dutch: Deltawerken) is a series of construction projects in the southwest...
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Arkansas Delta Delta, Alabama Delta Junction, Alaska Delta, Colorado Delta, Illinois Delta, Iowa Delta, Kentucky Delta, Louisiana Delta, Missouri Delta, North...
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Zuiderzeewerken. The American Society of Civil Engineers declared the works, together with the Delta Works in the South-West of the Netherlands, as among the Seven...
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Netherlands (section Delta Works)
have been periodically started to renovate and renew the Delta Works. The main goal of the Delta project was to reduce the risk of flooding in South Holland...
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The Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta is a river delta in the Netherlands formed by the confluence of the Rhine, the Meuse (Dutch: Maas) and the Scheldt rivers...
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Flood control in the Netherlands (section Delta Works)
water", Kosmos, ISBN 90-215-2183-0 DeltaWorks.org – website about the flood of 1953 and the construction of the Delta Works Water Management in the Netherlands...
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Compartmentalisation dam (category Delta Works)
closures of areas with multiple tidal inlets, such as in the case of the Delta Works. Compartmentalisation dams have been deployed in scenarios where there...
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part of the Delta works. Even though no new constructions were made, it does not mean that the work has stopped. As of 2022 the now called Delta Programme...
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Oosterscheldekering (category Delta Works)
the Delta Works was a response to the widespread damage and loss of life in the North Sea flood of 1953. The second longest dam in the Delta Works, after...
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Flood barrier (section Delta Works)
individual buildings to keep floodwaters from entering the buildings. The Delta Works in the Netherlands is the largest flood protection project in the world...
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The 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment–Delta (1st SFOD-D), also known as Delta Force, Combat Applications Group (CAG), or within Joint Special...
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His work formed much of the mathematical basis for the design of the Delta Works. He attended the 1954 International Congress of Mathematicians in Amsterdam...
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Mount Carmel, Haifa, Israel. Delta Works, the Dutch provinces of Zeeland and South Holland, the Netherlands. The Delta Works has been called one of the...
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Deltar (category Delta Works)
(Delta Getij Analogon Rekenmachine, English: Delta Tide Analogue Calculator) was an analogue computer used in the design and execution of the Delta Works...
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North Sea flood of 1953 (category Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta)
on strengthening of coastal defences. The Netherlands developed the Delta Works, an extensive system of dams and storm surge barriers. The UK constructed...
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Volkerakdam (category Delta Works)
works cross three separate bodies of water: the Haringvliet, Hollands Diep and Volkerak. The works together comprise the fifth project of the Delta Works...
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Between 1971 and 1978, Pilarczyk was involved in the design of the Delta Works, where he was coordinator of applied research, undertaking work on the...
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river delta. Saemanguem in South Korea, Marina Barrage in Singapore, Qingcaosha in China, Plover Cove in Hong Kong, Zuiderzee Works and Delta Works in the...
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Deltapark Neeltje Jans (section Delta-Expo)
Neeltje Jans, it also plays an educational role with respect to the Delta Works. Deltapark Neeltje Jans was created out of a public information center...
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working on several major projects including the first phase of the Delta Works and leading the reclamation and repair efforts following the inundation...
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involvement in the design and planning of both the Zuiderzee Works and the Delta Works, he published widely and played a key role in the establishment...
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Brouwersdam (category Delta Works)
The Brouwersdam is the seventh structure of the Delta Works in the Netherlands, forming a barrier across the former estuary known as the Brouwershavense...
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Western Scheldt (category Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta)
estuary, it could not be closed off from the sea by a dam as part of the Delta Works. Instead, the dykes around it have been heightened and reinforced. Over...
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Maeslantkering (category Delta Works)
Holland, Netherlands. It was constructed from 1991 to 1997. As part of the Delta Works the barrier responds to water level predictions calculated by a centralized...
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Deltares (category Delta Works)
by its present name. Delta Works Flood control in the Netherlands Rijkswaterstaat Waterloopkundig Laboratorium Zuiderzee Works "Deltares - Netherlands...
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Oesterdam (category Delta Works)
a length of 10.5 kilometres, is the longest structure built for the Delta Works. The Oesterdam was necessitated, like the Philipsdam, after the decision...
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The Danube Delta (Romanian: Delta Dunării, pronounced [ˈdelta ˈdunərij] ; Ukrainian: Дельта Дунаю, romanized: Del'ta Dunaju, pronounced [delʲˈtɑ dʊnɐˈju])...
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was located near Delta and filled with former residents of the San Francisco Bay Area. The Topaz Museum, located in Delta, works to preserve important...
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Grevelingendam (category Delta Works)
The Grevelingendam was the fourth structure constructed as part of the Delta Works. The dam is six kilometres in length. Construction began in 1958 with...
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