Caption

The Boye, stream, runs for 13.8 km through the cities of Gladbeck, Bottrop (photo) and Essen, a former sewer, wastewater river, since 2017 the wastewater has been canalised, the Boye is wastewater-free and in large parts, as here in Bottrop, renaturalised, part of the Emscher conversion project, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Date

May 16, 2023

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Jochen Tack

Reference

BRK24F73_121

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No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

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172,3Mb (11,8Mb) / 21,1in x 31,7in / 6336 x 9504 (300dpi)

Keywords

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