Caption

Bottrop-Gladbeck, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Renaturalised Boye, the tributary of the Emscher, was transformed into a near-natural watercourse, flood protection and biodiversity through newly designed floodplains. Following the construction of a parallel sewer, the Boye is now free of wastewater, is part of the Emscher river system and thus part of the Emscher conversion, was previously an open, above-ground wastewater sewer, combined sewer with surface water and wastewater. Industrial plant on the right. Wind turbine on Mottbruch spoil tip at the back, Europe

Date

Jul 30, 2024

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Rupert Oberhäuser

Reference

BRK25B05_103

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No

Property release

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License type

Rights managed

Available size

59,8Mb (6,7Mb) / 17,6in x 13,2in / 5280 x 3956 (300dpi)

Keywords

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