Caption

Haltern, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, flood protection on the River Lippe. Groundwater from the foreland is channelled into the Lippe via three spillways and then via the newly designed Gecksbach stream. Flood protection in the Haltern-Lippramsdorf-Marl area (HaLiMa) by relocating the dyke and thus extending the floodplain, Europe

Date

May 03, 2022

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Caro / Oberhaeuser

Reference

BRK25C66_298

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NA

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No

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Rights managed

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105,4Mb (8,5Mb) / 24,8in x 16,5in / 7433 x 4958 (300dpi)

Keywords

several bunch of multiple deserted no one No People nobody uninhabited empty new newly new building new buildings new construction new constructions modification modifications alteration conversion building buildings structure construction constructions technology technologies flood floods flooding high water water flood floodwater flood floods three 3 vegetation vegetations water waters waterfront dike dikes dyke embankment embankments dykes landscaping landscaping river rivers wetland wetlands wet land wetland biotope waters water body body of water climate climates meadow meadows Grass field lawn field biotope biotopes environment protection environment protection environmental protection environmental conservation global warming global warming environment environment season seasons nature open air Ruhr district Ruhr area Ruhr Ruhrgebiet Ruhr region North Rhine-Westphalia NRW Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia North-Rhine Westphalia German flora flora Europe Europe's natural preserve natural preserves nature park natural park nature park Naturpark reserve reserves protected area sanctuary conservation area climate protection climate control climate protection hydraulic engineering hydraulic engineering climate change climate change natural original originally river bank river banks shore shores watershore water shore watershores banks of waterfront riverbank river bank riverbanks riverside design designed remodeled landscape landscapes scenery sceneries landscape photograph countryside landscape shot landscape photo technical tech ecofriendly eco-friendly environmentally friendly Environmental friendly flooded european renaturation renaturation nature reserve nature reserves natural preserve natural preserves nature conservation area NSG natural reserve environmental reserve River landscape riverine landscape riverine landscapes River landscapes river scenery river sceneries Riverscape River view pump pumping pumps Germany German Federal Republic Republic of Germany FRG BRD flood control flood control flood protection flood prevention flood water control groundwater groundwater ground water project projects seminatural semi-natural close to nature natural near-natural landscape conservation landscape preservation landscape protection technology technology renaturated renaturalised travel photography pump station pump stations pumping station pump works Marl Haltern am See Haltern Lippe landscape conservation area landscape conservation areas landscape protection area Landscape protection Lippeauen natural environment natural habitat habitat natural environments course of a river river course course of the river natural environment natural surrounding wetland landscape meadow landscape Central Europe Middle Europe climate crisis meadow landscape grassland landscape flood plain wetland floodplain floodplains Water landscape Waterscape New dyke construction