Caption

Bottrop, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Renaturalised Boye, the tributary of the Emscher, was transformed into a near-natural watercourse, flood protection through newly designed floodplains, the Boye 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. Wind turbine on the Mottbruch spoil tip at the back. On the right, industrial area with chimneys in the city of Essen, Europe

Date

Jul 29, 2024

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Rupert Oberhäuser

Reference

BRK25B78_264

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Rights managed

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59,8Mb (5,3Mb) / 17,6in x 13,2in / 5280 x 3956 (300dpi)

Keywords

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