Caption

Recklinghausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, renaturalised Hellbach, renaturalised watercourse, the Hellbach is now free of wastewater after the construction of a parallel sewer, is part of the Emscher river system and thus part of the Emscher conversion, was previously an open, above-ground wastewater channel, mixed water channel with surface water and wastewater. The renaturalised Hellbach stream strengthens urban climate resilience, promotes biodiversity and helps to mitigate urban warming caused by climate change. Living by the water, Europe

Date

Oct 10, 2023

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Rupert Oberhäuser

Reference

BRK25B38_344

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NA

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No

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Rights managed

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128,1Mb (8,4Mb) / 18,2in x 27,3in / 5464 x 8192 (300dpi)

Keywords

parallel deserted no one No People nobody uninhabited empty color colors colour colours house houses home homes living space living space living quarters building buildings structure construction constructions architecture architecture vegetation vegetations creek creeks brook brooks stream little River small river ecological conservation nature protection ecological conservation environment protection environment protection environmental protection environmental conservation Recklinghausen Ruhr district Ruhr area Ruhr Ruhrgebiet Ruhr region North Rhine-Westphalia NRW Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia North-Rhine Westphalia German flora flora colorful colorfully colourful variegated multicoloured multi-coloured multi-colored different coloured Colourfully coloured colorfully colorfully colored color Many-colored Europe Europe's riverbed riverbeds river bed river bank river banks shore shores watershore water shore watershores banks of waterfront riverbank river bank riverbanks riverside residential building residential buildings residential house residential home residence residential houses residential homes residences Apartment building live living lives single family home single family homes one family house detached houses detached house one family houses single-family house single-family houses landscape landscapes scenery sceneries landscape photograph countryside landscape shot landscape photo ecofriendly eco-friendly environmentally friendly Environmental friendly construction industry construction industries sewage effluent wastewater sewages Waste water effluents renaturation renaturation River landscape riverine landscape riverine landscapes River landscapes river scenery river sceneries Riverscape River view blaze of color blaze of color Germany German Federal Republic Republic of Germany FRG BRD animal protection animal rights animal welfare outdoor shot exterior view exterior views outdoor shots exterior exterior exterior photograph outdoor photo exterior photographs outdoor photos out species conservation species conservation species protection renaturated renaturalised travel photography Emscher course of a stream stream course of course of a river river course course of the river creek bed brook bed stream bed streambed Central Europe Middle Europe Sewer Wast water channel Wast water Dirty water Wastewater Biodiversity species diversity Watercourse Biodiversity Planting River system Nature Conservation Act Surface water wastewater-free Emscher conversion g Sewer River renaturalisation EU Nature Conservation Act