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Delta Works

series of construction projects in the southwest Netherlands to protect a large area of land around the Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt delta from the sea
Thing Flood Control Q217480

Facts

8 properties
Instance of
flood control
Country
Netherlands[2]
Official website
www.deltawerken.com
Part of
Seven Wonders of the Modern World[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 51.650°, 3.720°[18]
Has part(s)
Stormvloedkering Hollandse IJssel, Zandkreekdam, Veerse Gatdam, Grevelingendam, Volkerakdam, Haringvlietdam, Brouwersdam, Markiezaatskade, Oosterscheldekering, Oesterdam, Philipsdam, Europoortkering, Maeslantkering, Hartelkering[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Zeeland, South Holland, North Brabant
Native label
Deltawerken
🏷️ Also known as
en Delta Works ar أعمال الدلتا cs Deltawerken de Deltaprojekt de Deltawerken de Deltawerke de Deltaplan de Delta-Plan es Deltawerken es Plan Delta fa عملیات دلتا fi Deltaplaan fi Delta Plan fi Delta Works it Piano Delta ja デルタ計画 ko 삼각주 계획 ms Projek Delta nl Deltaplan nl Delta werken
🔖 Identifiers · 11
Architectuurgids building ID
788
BabelNet ID
03553953n
Cultureel Woordenboek ID
demografie-en-geografie-nl/deltawerken, techologie-en-techniek/deltawerken, nederland-na-1945/deltaplan
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
event/Delta-Project
Freebase ID
/m/0j2bp
Google Doodle
50th-anniversary-of-deltawerken
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3891607
Quora topic ID
Delta-Works
Structurae structure ID
10000991
Topic's main category
Category:Delta Works
WikiKids ID
Deltawerken

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🔗 Connections
Has part(s) 14
Oosterscheldekering, Maeslantkering, Brouwersdam, Haringvlietdam, Grevelingendam, Markiezaatskade, Oesterdam, Philipsdam +6 more
Has these parts 14
Oosterscheldekering, Maeslantkering, Brouwersdam, Haringvlietdam, Grevelingendam, Markiezaatskade, Oesterdam, Philipsdam +6 more
Country 1
Netherlands
Instance of 1
flood control
Topic's main category 1
Category:Delta Works
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Category:Delta Works
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Summary

Delta Works is a flood control[1].

Related Entities

Netherlands

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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