Why isn’t the Netherlands underwater? - Stefan Al

2020 ж. 23 Нау.
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Dig into the incredible engineering of the Netherlands’ Delta Works- the most sophisticated flood prevention system in the world.
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In January 1953, a tidal surge shook the North Sea. The titanic waves flooded the Dutch coastline, killing almost 2,000 people. 54 years later, a similar storm threatened the region. But this time, they were ready. This was thanks to a massive, interlocking system known as the Delta Works- the most sophisticated flood prevention project in the world. Stefan Al dives into this marvel of engineering.
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  • TED-Ed: Hey why isn't the Netherlands underwater? Me at 3 AM: hmm ye why?

    @ravan9352@ravan93524 жыл бұрын
    • Ravan holy me too

      @laddysingh4486@laddysingh44864 жыл бұрын
    • 03:19 lol

      @MrGeorgik123@MrGeorgik1234 жыл бұрын
    • Very informative comment

      @RPDBY@RPDBY4 жыл бұрын
    • Ravan Quarantine vibes

      @miguelplaza6433@miguelplaza64334 жыл бұрын
    • Ravan 03:12

      @mikkel6437@mikkel64374 жыл бұрын
  • Damn. I didnt know Netherlands was fighting literal Poseidon.

    @thisguywithnicknameqube.7079@thisguywithnicknameqube.70794 жыл бұрын
    • Yes we are and pretty good at it :)

      @ninnie714@ninnie7144 жыл бұрын
    • And I didn't knew Spongebob is in Netherlands.

      @poweroffriendship2.0@poweroffriendship2.04 жыл бұрын
    • They are Posiden

      @wackypacky6917@wackypacky69174 жыл бұрын
    • I don't think you know what "literal" means

      @AtticusHimself@AtticusHimself4 жыл бұрын
    • "I am the sand guardian, guardian of the sand." "POSEIDON QUIVERS BEFORE HIM!"

      @merrittanimation7721@merrittanimation77214 жыл бұрын
  • When I was a kid I thought that windmills were giant fans and that the Netherlands prevented flooding by using them to blow water away from land.

    @evelynong3483@evelynong34832 жыл бұрын
    • Well windmills did not prevent floods but some types did actually pump water out of big lakes so they could use the empty lakes for farming and building houses on! I live in one of these emptied lakes :) so kid you was not all wrong 😄

      @Merelisdebest@Merelisdebest2 жыл бұрын
    • Ah yes, a REAL scientist.

      @SeaKaned@SeaKaned2 жыл бұрын
    • Don't let the media tell you otherwise that's exactly what we use them for I saw one break down the other week and we immediately had to evacuate from the oncoming flood

      @sietsezandstra8531@sietsezandstra85312 жыл бұрын
    • @@sietsezandstra8531 doe normaal.

      @flameextrahot3930@flameextrahot39302 жыл бұрын
    • Windmills are used to pump flood water in below sea-level land to sea as gravity doesn't allow it.

      @pavanw@pavanw2 жыл бұрын
  • It makes me proud to be a Dutch civil engineer. I lived near a part of the Deltaworks as a kid. This inspired me to be a civil engineer!

    @tobiashollaar3312@tobiashollaar33122 жыл бұрын
    • Goedzo

      @JebaTM-nq8bp@JebaTM-nq8bp2 жыл бұрын
    • Goed bezig gozert!

      @demoulius1529@demoulius15292 жыл бұрын
    • @@JebaTM-nq8bp you oouou oi au

      @mrhupwop981@mrhupwop9812 жыл бұрын
    • Please save us, send from Jakarta.

      @muftiwicaksono6629@muftiwicaksono66292 жыл бұрын
    • @@muftiwicaksono6629 Heard there's Dutch engineers working on that too... However, Djakarta will have to make do with being constructed following the former colonial Dutch traditions - city's been built right onto a former swamp

      @reuireuiop0@reuireuiop02 жыл бұрын
  • Actually the Dutch people are so tall that the water is nowhere *near* their head.

    @laabib44@laabib444 жыл бұрын
    • I don't were you got that from, but we do have the hygiene to shower, in fact I just showered two ours ago.

      @stormchazer3068@stormchazer30684 жыл бұрын
    • @@stormchazer3068 I meant that if there is a flood then the water could not reach the head.

      @laabib44@laabib444 жыл бұрын
    • @@stormchazer3068 wtf 😂😂

      @emailakkont6520@emailakkont65204 жыл бұрын
    • Wiebe Sikkema hoe dom ben jij?😂 Hij bedoelt dat als we overstromen dat we zo lang zijn dat het water niet eens bij ons hoofd komt

      @frederiquehoogsteder5775@frederiquehoogsteder57754 жыл бұрын
    • @@frederiquehoogsteder5775 drm

      @maartenfranken9182@maartenfranken91824 жыл бұрын
  • Title: Why isn't the Netherlands underwater? Me: Why should the Netherlands be underwater?

    @joose4650@joose46504 жыл бұрын
    • 불고기 power Ferox it’s part time Atlantis

      @anatine_banana_69@anatine_banana_694 жыл бұрын
    • It should .

      @giwrgoskwstakis6669@giwrgoskwstakis66694 жыл бұрын
    • More than one quarter of the country is below sea level!

      @rockets4kids@rockets4kids4 жыл бұрын
    • Did you hear the intro?

      @maartenfranken9182@maartenfranken91824 жыл бұрын
    • @@rockets4kids wel meer denk ik

      @maartenfranken9182@maartenfranken91824 жыл бұрын
  • Nice to see that this video is in my recommendations just as the rivers are overflowing in Limburg and most likely will overflow in other places as well

    @lisakaptein1807@lisakaptein18072 жыл бұрын
    • Precies dit :'D

      @SGCStylezZ@SGCStylezZ2 жыл бұрын
    • Hetzelfde

      @lorenzovanderlei1870@lorenzovanderlei18702 жыл бұрын
    • I solely clicked the video to mention the irony

      @loeszzzz8478@loeszzzz84782 жыл бұрын
    • Lol

      @DutchCommando.@DutchCommando.2 жыл бұрын
    • Ja klopt. Biblical scenes in Belgium too...

      @MrEditor79@MrEditor792 жыл бұрын
  • The best part is, after fixing our own country we decided to help others. Whenever you see some waterworks in other countries it might be made/supported by a Dutch company.

    @wetenschap123@wetenschap1232 жыл бұрын
    • "Help"? Don't they gain nothing with it? Hard to believe with Dutch's history in colonialism and current role in global capitalism/neo colonialism.

      @6lhulhu6@6lhulhu62 жыл бұрын
    • @@6lhulhu6 lmao

      @duncandl910@duncandl9102 жыл бұрын
    • @@6lhulhu6 yes they help.

      @binyaminkup2967@binyaminkup29672 жыл бұрын
    • Ah yes, rekolonisatie

      @SeaKaned@SeaKaned2 жыл бұрын
    • Not to be a cynic, but helping? Selling yes, and let them pay for it good…..

      @joostprins3381@joostprins33812 жыл бұрын
  • Every science channel: Make videos about coronavirus. Ted ed: Why isn't Netherlands under water.

    @tovunguyentrang07@tovunguyentrang074 жыл бұрын
    • Ted ed is love

      @himeshthungaturthi3215@himeshthungaturthi32154 жыл бұрын
    • It’s cuz animations aren’t done in an instant. Also, videos are probably scheduled.

      @snowpiercer8001@snowpiercer80014 жыл бұрын
    • It’s because of stuff

      @eliiuu9597@eliiuu95974 жыл бұрын
    • I read ted's replies on one of their video.. iirc a video will take around 6 month to complete

      @asyhraf6304@asyhraf63044 жыл бұрын
    • I'm fed up with the virus videos, so this video is a breath of fresh air for me

      @lasigna0212@lasigna02124 жыл бұрын
  • The greatest wars of all time: 3: Entente vs Triple Alliance 2: Allied Forces vs Axis 1: *Netherlands vs water*

    @soyjoyy@soyjoyy4 жыл бұрын
    • You forgot australia vs emus

      @slightlyexistential1640@slightlyexistential16404 жыл бұрын
    • soy joy haha

      @SOPHIA-wh6uq@SOPHIA-wh6uq4 жыл бұрын
    • soy joy je hebt gelijk

      @niconicer6463@niconicer64634 жыл бұрын
    • Antanta? Pretty sure it’s entente. Edit: thanks for changing it!

      @dataexpunged2827@dataexpunged28274 жыл бұрын
    • Greece vs Persia

      @iakovos56@iakovos564 жыл бұрын
  • As being Dutch by muyself I always get such a proud felling when I am watching this kind of stuff.

    @randomvideos302@randomvideos3022 жыл бұрын
  • the Netherlands: **successfully defies the sea** Batavia/Jakarta: THIS IS FINE **in sinking**

    @aha0327@aha03272 жыл бұрын
    • Which happens when the Netherlands try to colonise and rule places that aren’t Netherlands

      @ir4629@ir46292 жыл бұрын
    • Ironically, the Dutch colonisers created that problem.

      @lalakarolina8229@lalakarolina82292 жыл бұрын
    • Funny enough the dutch tried to colonize indonesia for around 300 years before giving up to japan in 19xx, why do i know this? Why because i'm indonesian of course, not that any of you asked anyways.

      @Dexalium@Dexalium2 жыл бұрын
    • @@Dexalium the flooding is caused by the Indonesian government isn't it? The Indonesian government paved the entire city of Jakarta with concrete so no water can go into the ground anymore. This is a problem made by Indonesians. Not the Dutch.

      @Schwello.@Schwello.2 жыл бұрын
    • @@Schwello. didnt say it was a problem made by the dutch

      @Dexalium@Dexalium2 жыл бұрын
  • Poseidon: Doesn't exist. The Dutch: We're still gonna end this man's entire career.

    @midimusicforever@midimusicforever4 жыл бұрын
    • This is hilarious, I love it.

      @robink9577@robink95774 жыл бұрын
    • FIGHT!!!

      @niekhofman428@niekhofman4283 жыл бұрын
    • @@Collino030 I was referring to the people, not the country. Should I have written "the Nethers", you mean?

      @midimusicforever@midimusicforever3 жыл бұрын
    • The water is not our enemy, the water has always been our greatest ally. Whenever the Netherlands gets invaded by enemies, we just let the whole country flood.

      @JoostToTheMax@JoostToTheMax3 жыл бұрын
    • @@JoostToTheMax thats a big brain move eh

      @akashiseijuro5216@akashiseijuro52163 жыл бұрын
  • Why are the Dutch so tall? Shorter ones drowned in floods.

    @sebastianelytron8450@sebastianelytron84504 жыл бұрын
    • 💀

      @callmejeffrey4999@callmejeffrey49994 жыл бұрын
    • Interesting theory if I do say so myself.

      @shuushiroll7984@shuushiroll79844 жыл бұрын
    • now i can't stop thinking about it .

      @fasiuddiin@fasiuddiin4 жыл бұрын
    • Natural selection o.0

      @rzo2271@rzo22714 жыл бұрын
    • such a dark dark joke!

      @fabianalfonsoooo@fabianalfonsoooo4 жыл бұрын
  • Here in Australia we have the best flood management systems. Our city councils, developers, and builders simply direct the flood waters into people's houses.

    @samankhajehzadeh4445@samankhajehzadeh4445 Жыл бұрын
  • "Is call the Delta Works". Wow, Delta won an emmy first and now is stopping people to died. A true hero.

    @frida.7831@frida.78313 жыл бұрын
  • This is exactly what Bear Grylls meant when he uttered his famous word: *_”Improvise. Adapt. Overcome.”_*

    @alexanderveritas@alexanderveritas4 жыл бұрын
    • it's famously knowed as his words..

      @sodruntiadarisau2432@sodruntiadarisau24324 жыл бұрын
    • @Shubham Chauhan haha it's just a TV show. Bear is skilled no one can deny that.

      @arjun6358@arjun63584 жыл бұрын
    • Luctor et emergo.

      @RedbadvanRijn-ft3vv@RedbadvanRijn-ft3vv3 жыл бұрын
    • Improvise. Adapt. Overcome. In Bed.

      @zarmindrow5831@zarmindrow58313 жыл бұрын
    • we need to IMPROVISE inorder to ADAPT so we can OVERCOME.

      @aina4273@aina42733 жыл бұрын
  • Dutch people : *exist* Sea : Why do i hear boss music?

    @drinitelharaj7407@drinitelharaj74074 жыл бұрын
    • Dutch Symphonic Metal !!

      @FedJimSmith@FedJimSmith4 жыл бұрын
    • That made me laugh 😂

      @juliacalismusic8572@juliacalismusic85723 жыл бұрын
    • @@FedJimSmith The sea hates our Dutch jodeling. kzhead.info/sun/hap9h52alpegmYE/bejne.html

      @RedbadvanRijn-ft3vv@RedbadvanRijn-ft3vv3 жыл бұрын
    • The water is not our enemy, the water has always been our greatest ally. Whenever the Netherlands gets invaded by enemies, we just let the whole country flood.

      @JoostToTheMax@JoostToTheMax3 жыл бұрын
    • Y E S. Go my country holland.

      @Whisky2000@Whisky20003 жыл бұрын
  • “How to go with the flow” end statement was sooo clever!

    @mackieverga314@mackieverga3143 жыл бұрын
  • My grandfather moved to the US from the Netherlands in 1950 but ever since I was a little boy I always been fascinated by the Netherlands knowing I have ancestors and even relatives from there even today. When I was 18 I took a trip there and how they separated there yards was not with fences but canals it was so memorable and I cannot wait to go back and hopefully stay a little longer than a month

    @billyjean8057@billyjean80572 жыл бұрын
  • Last time I was this early, the Netherlands was underwater

    @thangrobin2858@thangrobin28584 жыл бұрын
    • the last time i was this early there was a war in vietnam

      @michielvdvlies3315@michielvdvlies33154 жыл бұрын
    • @Tour Maelone is there a winner in a war? they are all losers

      @michielvdvlies3315@michielvdvlies33154 жыл бұрын
    • well you're kind of late in that case

      @nickeman132@nickeman1324 жыл бұрын
    • Michiel vd Vlies really? When u guys win, you proud of that, and when u guys loss, “no it was a tactical retreat” :v

      @poppying2858@poppying28584 жыл бұрын
    • @@poppying2858 we guys? define yourself!! im not from the us of a

      @michielvdvlies3315@michielvdvlies33154 жыл бұрын
  • This man knows more about my country than i do.

    @mexrus1918@mexrus19184 жыл бұрын
    • I want to visit it so bad😭😭😭😭👏👏👏

      @wiwikawaii473@wiwikawaii4734 жыл бұрын
    • Dan heb je niet goed opgelet bij aardrijkskunde

      @eenvleugjegoeiegames@eenvleugjegoeiegames4 жыл бұрын
    • Duidelijk gezakt voor aardrijkskunde.

      @relo999@relo9994 жыл бұрын
    • Kei harde onvoldoende

      @ducolam@ducolam4 жыл бұрын
    • Same 😂

      @eliiuu9597@eliiuu95974 жыл бұрын
  • Even though the Netherlands *is* underwater rn, this video still helps me understand why a sudden flood in these areas can be so devastating.

    @badaryman7139@badaryman71392 жыл бұрын
    • @Gewoon Ruben We can't really do anything, the current sittuation in our country is because Germany and Belgium don't invest enough in water management. We could build great structures on the border that will protect our people but will also effectively screw over the Germans & Belgian folks on the other side of that structure because then the rivers have nowhere to go to.

      @xenzgoul8319@xenzgoul83192 жыл бұрын
    • @@xenzgoul8319 Limburg itself didn't want its landscape changed either to help with flooding. The local governments of Limburg are more to blame than anyone.

      @therealdutchidiot@therealdutchidiot2 жыл бұрын
  • Now here we are, we're safe from the storms from the north sea but now the Maas flooded multiple city's/villages

    @shannonvanwattingen3278@shannonvanwattingen32782 жыл бұрын
    • Germany and Belgium need to do their own version of Deltaworks & Ruimte voor de Rivier honestly

      @wp12mv@wp12mv2 жыл бұрын
    • But that water is from the moutains, and we have no experience with mountains

      @ploefnora@ploefnora2 жыл бұрын
    • Yep, but in no way as much as it had been 10 years ago, a lot is done and will be done, it’s just our legacy.

      @joostprins3381@joostprins33812 жыл бұрын
  • *"God made the world, the dutch made the Netherlands"* edit: I should've expected this to become a war ngl

    @azuredragon4978@azuredragon49784 жыл бұрын
    • CHO Yan my geography theacher always says that the Dutch ruined the Netherlands Because the land got so low because we ruined our land bij finding veen some sort of clay I don’t really know how to explain it

      @eviebalk3488@eviebalk34884 жыл бұрын
    • @@eviebalk3488 not entirely true, there are also geological processes at work that cause The Netherlands to drop below sealevel and loose land.

      @fuzzyduck1199@fuzzyduck11994 жыл бұрын
    • God made the Heavens and the Earth and everything in it✝️❤️

      @ckm2526@ckm25264 жыл бұрын
    • Now that's deep

      @Ayush-ok6ck@Ayush-ok6ck4 жыл бұрын
    • CHO Yan was expecting to see this comment.

      @sukhendramajumder7656@sukhendramajumder76563 жыл бұрын
  • Oceanfloor: exists The Dutch: *IT'S FREE REAL ESTATE*

    @Cheezymuffin.@Cheezymuffin.3 жыл бұрын
    • Ok

      @laurahenry7728@laurahenry77283 жыл бұрын
    • I mean, Flevoland is a thing so yeah. It's a different thing though. This video explains how we keep storms from flooding us. Creating our own land was done by making a lake out of a part of the sea and emptying it a bit, pumping up ground to create a new province

      @mijn21@mijn212 жыл бұрын
    • @@mijn21 which province are you from

      @dipakdasgupta6611@dipakdasgupta66112 жыл бұрын
    • @@dipakdasgupta6611 I'm from Limburg

      @mijn21@mijn212 жыл бұрын
    • @@mijn21 oh dear, so you are experiencing those floods now... Is the situation better?

      @dipakdasgupta6611@dipakdasgupta66112 жыл бұрын
  • How have I never heard of any of this in 31 years... It's so interesting and clever!

    @lauramatilda3279@lauramatilda3279 Жыл бұрын
  • This is a lesson for the world on how to deal with rising sea levels

    @Jim54_@Jim54_ Жыл бұрын
  • “Why isn’t the Netherlands under water?” Me already knowing the answer from thousands of other videos: yeah let’s watch it.

    @MaurinAarts@MaurinAarts3 жыл бұрын
    • me, living in the Netherlands ánd Rotterdam + knowing it by heart: yes lets watch it xD

      @anglerfish61@anglerfish613 жыл бұрын
    • Ik die dit al 8 jaar op school heb gehad: hmm interesting

      @donny4799@donny47993 жыл бұрын
    • Kanye West dit dus

      @ryanheeren3781@ryanheeren37813 жыл бұрын
    • well, someone had to fact-check it!

      @puckchang8691@puckchang86913 жыл бұрын
    • @@anglerfish61 ik, leeft in nederland en rotterdam + het weten bij mijn hart: ja, laten we dit kijken xD... sorry, i had to do it.

      @blauwbeer556@blauwbeer5563 жыл бұрын
  • I swear Netherlands is the apex of nature and humans in harmony. I had been there for a student exchange and I swear it's a destination to visit. Not going to spoil the experience for anyone going there.

    @smitgaikwad2904@smitgaikwad29044 жыл бұрын
    • Those must have been some good shrooms you took !

      @apegrasshoplizard@apegrasshoplizard4 жыл бұрын
    • Thanks

      @gondametzger6146@gondametzger61464 жыл бұрын
    • X unfortunately I was 17 when I went for the student exchange. So no shrooms and I was staying at the hosting persons house.

      @smitgaikwad2904@smitgaikwad29044 жыл бұрын
    • Bro I really want to go there for my after college degree, I'm kinda "anxious" to go to another county far from mine all alone and try to find my way there.. Any thoughts to help me organize and make it?

      @christoskoutsakis5303@christoskoutsakis53034 жыл бұрын
    • Bro, i live there

      @thieunicolaes8336@thieunicolaes83364 жыл бұрын
  • Whoops This aged well

    @PTMG@PTMG2 жыл бұрын
  • Starting tune is so relaxing....

    @askmenot2052@askmenot20522 жыл бұрын
  • Netherlands built a wall. And made the sea pay for it.

    @peterthepanda@peterthepanda4 жыл бұрын
    • Trump was hella jelous of our walls

      @insertfunnyname9588@insertfunnyname95883 жыл бұрын
    • I wheeze

      @muhammadfiras4784@muhammadfiras47843 жыл бұрын
    • Like Caligula we declared war on the sea, we taxed the fish to build these dams

      @l2516@l25163 жыл бұрын
    • sasavgegto

      @shoegaz@shoegaz3 жыл бұрын
    • We need to keep the water from mexico out of our country! Lol

      @laurensdeputter1114@laurensdeputter11143 жыл бұрын
  • I live in germany and when I visited the netherlands for the first time, I have never thought that 500 km away from my home was such a different and advanced country. After crossing the border, the landstucture changed a lot. Everything was much cleaner and more controlled. The cities are awesome and the architecture is so unique. The people are so tolerant and so are the laws. Many people say german and dutch are very similar but I can't agree with that. I'm still very thankfull to live in germany 👍👌

    @rambro5104@rambro51044 жыл бұрын
    • I'm Dutch and I think that Germany is such a beautiful country. Unpopular opinion I love the language! The architecture in the old cities is amazing in Germany.

      @kirstent2554@kirstent25544 жыл бұрын
    • @Kamil S pls explain 😂

      @rambro5104@rambro51044 жыл бұрын
    • Tolerant?! You didn’t spend much time there, did you?

      @scatalin09@scatalin094 жыл бұрын
    • @Kamil S it is

      @bluegleam8168@bluegleam81684 жыл бұрын
    • @@scatalin09 no but i only shared all my positive experience

      @rambro5104@rambro51044 жыл бұрын
  • “Why isn’t the Netherlands under water?” It is now lol

    @chefboyardee8278@chefboyardee82782 жыл бұрын
    • not because of the sea though

      @blueey2938@blueey29382 жыл бұрын
    • Also a really SMALL part.

      @wotmast@wotmast2 жыл бұрын
    • yeah.. we got backstabbed by the germans here while waging war with the sea :P

      @vinnie8792@vinnie87922 жыл бұрын
    • Rip Limburg

      @lucabenayad4786@lucabenayad47862 жыл бұрын
    • Das pech, limburg weg

      @hexo_8965@hexo_89652 жыл бұрын
  • Its ironic how the word "Nether" means "under" but Netherlands is not underwater.

    @user-jt5vi8cm1m@user-jt5vi8cm1m2 жыл бұрын
    • It is under sea level

      @rickdekker9522@rickdekker95222 жыл бұрын
    • It is actually intended to mean "low/lower" instead of "under". In German it is correct, the problem lies in the English name.

      @logiarhythm6285@logiarhythm62852 жыл бұрын
    • @@logiarhythm6285 ahh okok

      @user-jt5vi8cm1m@user-jt5vi8cm1m2 жыл бұрын
    • @@logiarhythm6285 Yes. In Portuguese it's called "Países Baixos" which means "lower countries".

      @lcintra_@lcintra_2 жыл бұрын
    • Nether also means lower

      @silliussoddus3509@silliussoddus35092 жыл бұрын
  • TED-Ed : "Why isn't the Netherlands underwater?" Me a Minecraft veteran : because you cannot place water in the nether, it dries there.....

    @SpookySkeletonn@SpookySkeletonn4 жыл бұрын
    • I was looking for this comment.

      @HayatoByakurai@HayatoByakurai4 жыл бұрын
    • I bought minecraft PE 6 months Ago and still Don't know how to play😔 can you help pls

      @cattoO_O@cattoO_O4 жыл бұрын
    • Exactly

      @Bugico@Bugico4 жыл бұрын
    • 10/10 pun

      @briannawarren4174@briannawarren41744 жыл бұрын
    • @@cattoO_O it will become easy when you see the crafting recipies and know what different blocks do and how mobs behave... also you cannot play normally in creative and adventure modes.... you need to be in survival to have the full Minecraft experience... you shall checkout other youtubers tutorials, it might help.

      @SpookySkeletonn@SpookySkeletonn4 жыл бұрын
  • A poem near the delta works: "Here rule over the sea, The moon, the wind, and we."

    @CATboss001@CATboss0013 жыл бұрын
    • "near"? I believe you meant roughly at the middle of the Eastern Scheldt Storm Surge Barrier. 51°38'30.2"N 3°42'48.6"E

      @tiaxanderson9725@tiaxanderson97253 жыл бұрын
    • Nature always wins in the end.

      @zachtavaris5378@zachtavaris53783 жыл бұрын
    • @@zachtavaris5378 nature got nothing on us. You ain't much if you ain't Dutch.

      @jurgenoostenbrugge4118@jurgenoostenbrugge41183 жыл бұрын
    • @@jurgenoostenbrugge4118 Misplaced arrogance is dangerous, your statement is a proof of that. I won't generalize and make a sweeping statement over 17+ million Dutch. Hope you know the Dutch history? On the other hand where was that Dutch resistance against the Germans? How long did it take before your ancestors put their hands and legs up infront of the Germans? Sit down and stay humble, you are not fooling anyone. And go easy on the mushrooms.

      @zachtavaris5378@zachtavaris53783 жыл бұрын
    • @@zachtavaris5378 "where was the dutch resistance against the germans?" you do know the germans bombed rotterdam, the second largest city in the netherlands, and were threatening to do the same to other big cities if we didn't surrender, right?

      @stanpines9011@stanpines90113 жыл бұрын
  • 4:28 bro really said "look there's an airplane" then leave his date. Poor girl, now she's eating alone

    @daonimanurung214@daonimanurung2142 жыл бұрын
  • Me, after reading this weekend's news: But the Netherlands ARE under water.

    @benyahun@benyahun2 жыл бұрын
    • only a very small area, the problem is not having enough run-off area for the water to go.. just when you think you're safe from the sea, it comes from the sky... those rainfalls come like once in 50 years.. The interesting thing is every part that is literally below sea-level doesnt have issues, yet Limburg is..

      @boratsagdiyev1586@boratsagdiyev15862 жыл бұрын
    • In land rain -> flooding of rivers, an issue the country is still facing though we have ways of trying to combat it. Permeable asphalt, permeable concrete sidewalks and large scale draining systems connecting to the rivers for water channelling. However, like any draining system, it can only drain at a certain phase, in addition to the river itself also acting as a reservour, which can expand and then flood. Previous rainfall has been beyond exceptional in addition to its long duration to the point of causing multiple millions of damage to Germany and multiple milions in Belgium, not to mention the lives lost, however these solutions have been rather effective to the point of preventing any human deaths in the Nederlands and minimizing damage to only a few millions in area's that have been neglected for the past 20 years. One of the area's, around Sittard, experienced a similar flooding a decade ago but wasn't resolved yet. And the other major zone being an attraction park and a small town near Valkenburg, one of the highest parts of the nederlands directly in a large groove of the Geul river. Compare this to the 5 year plan the US tried to do with Dutch delta works after the flooding of the Mississippi river where they explicitly forbid people to build in area intended as an overflow in case of future river expansion(Which they even pre-emptively suggested to use it for during the discussion of the plan) during heavy rain of this scale. Only for the people controlling the area to ignore the warnings and now have multiple thousands living in those exact areas in less than 2 years. With no other solution readily available, this will be a disaster waiting to happen.

      @rhydonphilip@rhydonphilip2 жыл бұрын
    • is

      @harumpie85@harumpie852 жыл бұрын
    • @@harumpie85 Netherlands is plural so he is right

      @boratsagdiyev1586@boratsagdiyev15862 жыл бұрын
    • @@boratsagdiyev1586 why

      @wokk9543@wokk95432 жыл бұрын
  • Now I know why every Dutch city's name ends with "Dam" and "Deijk"

    @jbcheema9883@jbcheema98834 жыл бұрын
    • Or dam... AmsterDAM RotterDam they're all founded through water management a 1000 years ago

      @wp12mv@wp12mv4 жыл бұрын
    • Arnhem be like 👀 Delft be like 👀 Twente be like 👀 90% of Dutch cities be like 👀

      @stormchazer3068@stormchazer30684 жыл бұрын
    • @@wp12mv Thanks

      @jbcheema9883@jbcheema98834 жыл бұрын
    • Leiden?????

      @michielvdvlies3315@michielvdvlies33154 жыл бұрын
    • @@wp12mv amsterdam and rotterdam were villages 1000 years ago! the first waterboard in Holland was Rijnland in Leiden and surrounding area! nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoogheemraadschap_van_Rijnland

      @michielvdvlies3315@michielvdvlies33154 жыл бұрын
  • Dutch are pretty impressive. Also the best farmers in the world. Greetings from Ireland!

    @WolfetoneRebel1916@WolfetoneRebel19164 жыл бұрын
    • Your distillers are better though, sláinte! 😁🥃

      @hisss@hisss4 жыл бұрын
    • Love Netherlands

      @niranjanr8075@niranjanr80754 жыл бұрын
    • Your beer is much better, my red haired friend... Stay away from Jenever tho. I had some Irish gin and it tasted like soap

      @thomastakesatollforthedark2231@thomastakesatollforthedark22314 жыл бұрын
    • wholesome

      @sanchitagolder@sanchitagolder4 жыл бұрын
    • Hi Ireland! You have great youtubers!

      @-gemberkoekje-5547@-gemberkoekje-55474 жыл бұрын
  • I'm from the Netherlands, small town near Rotterdam, I quite often see stuff like this just a few miles from home.

    @H-E-S-C@H-E-S-C2 ай бұрын
  • Why am I feeling so clam watching this Clip....?!!!

    @herohemanth@herohemanth2 жыл бұрын
  • When your government is effective, this is what you get.

    @aranapauljohn@aranapauljohn3 жыл бұрын
    • People here would still disagree with you but this is a very good example indeed.

      @phoenixflamegames1@phoenixflamegames13 жыл бұрын
    • at what cost though? the netherlands like all european countries as well as settler colonial territories like NA and AUS exploit migrant workers and the global south as a whole. the netherlands is cool and all but its important to remember all governments have downfalls and secrets that come out only decades after the fact. not to mention the horrific history of Dutch colonialism especially to Indonesian peoples.

      @spookykidbunny@spookykidbunny3 жыл бұрын
    • @@spookykidbunny damn bro you didn't have to expose the dutch like that they were just talking about how efficient the dutch government is

      @milangeorgievski4191@milangeorgievski41913 жыл бұрын
    • @@spookykidbunny I cant read this because 1. The second sentence doesnt have a verb 2. You are countering your own argument and 3. Your argument has nothing to do with the current topic which is “efficiency of the dutch government against flooding” Edit: Okay it’s fine now since he edited the comment.

      @phoenixflamegames1@phoenixflamegames12 жыл бұрын
    • @@phoenixflamegames1 lets not try to pick on grammatical errors.

      @rishavmasih9450@rishavmasih94502 жыл бұрын
  • You know what, here in Indonesia, there are a lot of dams built by Dutch in colonial era and still works till today. They even built artificial river for irrigation in my hometown crossing above the natural river like intersection road and that's really fascinating. They have very good water management science

    @achmaddenny1979@achmaddenny19793 жыл бұрын
    • They are also very good at torturing Indonesians and dredging up their natural wealth

      @arkasuhandi2702@arkasuhandi27022 жыл бұрын
    • @@arkasuhandi2702 still bitter after 75 years of independence?

      @p.nguyen8136@p.nguyen81362 жыл бұрын
    • @@arkasuhandi2702 udh jaman baru bro... jgn nahan dendam

      @Vuudro@Vuudro2 жыл бұрын
    • True, although a lot of them has gone to disrepair (read: never been maintained well)...

      @saniainez@saniainez2 жыл бұрын
    • @@arkasuhandi2702 they're long dead. It's behind us now.

      @msgpatient7850@msgpatient78502 жыл бұрын
  • I swear the Ted ed never ceases to amaze me because literally I took a plane to Amsterdam a few days ago and I saw the country from the sky and I was surprised because my expectations were different, from what I thought the country looked like to what it actually was like There were so much water and I thought to myself how is this country even above water there is so much water and I did not think it was like that I thought it would be something like Germany and then now today just a few days after I had been in Amsterdam for a couple of hours I get this ted ed video recommended it’s like they know this without me having to search up anything as well as I watch ted ed videos frequently or occasionally lol these videos are so well put together and I think they are interesting as well as educational and the animations are always on point

    @almajensen6878@almajensen68782 жыл бұрын
  • Love how the pronunciation of Maeslantkering in this video conforms to Rotterdam-Dutch emphasis patterns :D

    @gwaptiva@gwaptiva2 жыл бұрын
  • When my favourite channel makes a video about my country *Happy Dutch noises*

    @muna4213@muna42134 жыл бұрын
    • Ja dat 😂 het is altijd zo'n moment "oh kijk de wereld realiseert zich dat wij ook nog bestaan ( voor iets anders dan wiet en A'dam )"

      @Cora.T@Cora.T4 жыл бұрын
    • Haha ik heb het zelfde

      @Lucatas2@Lucatas24 жыл бұрын
    • Me too En hier is je bewijs

      @sprinkleman8103@sprinkleman81034 жыл бұрын
    • Cora T dit. EXACT. DIT. Het is amsterdam, wiet of niks.

      @phoenixflamegames1@phoenixflamegames14 жыл бұрын
    • 🇳🇱Nederland!!!!🇳🇱

      @kampvuurman-1186@kampvuurman-11864 жыл бұрын
  • Dutch Government: Spending billions to protect the country from natural calamity My Government: Spending billions in a non-sense thing

    @youcantalwaysgetwhatyouwan6687@youcantalwaysgetwhatyouwan66874 жыл бұрын
    • @dread true r/wooooosh

      @sagi-dg8ht@sagi-dg8ht4 жыл бұрын
    • @dread true I am Chinese Southeast Asian

      @youcantalwaysgetwhatyouwan6687@youcantalwaysgetwhatyouwan66874 жыл бұрын
    • As if. The Dutch refuse to pay for a quarantine... they have the 5th (6th if you count San Morino) per capita death rate of any country for coronavirus, and apparently they plan for several percent of their population to die so as to develop "Herd Immunity."

      @vanivanov9571@vanivanov95714 жыл бұрын
    • @@vanivanov9571 All because "the line on the graph must go up", even if it is due to the blood of the citizens.

      @CDexie@CDexie4 жыл бұрын
    • My gov: Kill all drug addicts!

      @rjpena6273@rjpena62734 жыл бұрын
  • Nice.. your animations were greatly appreciated by us

    @pjongkoi6286@pjongkoi62862 жыл бұрын
  • This winter, you'll see beautiful photos from above. The Netherlands, a land of water, everywhere flooded due to heavy rain, never seen so much rainfall. Yet, no major calamities.

    @fp8608@fp8608Ай бұрын
  • Me, a Dutch person: I know all of this, but it’s too much fun to watch a TED-ed video. Also, for the people who want to know, the disaster that flooded our coastline spoken of in the intro was called “De watersnoodramp” roughly translated into The Water disaster, although its official name is North Sea Flood. It occurred on the night of 31st of January to the first of February 1953. It caused 1836 casualties in the Netherlands and because of it, the government thought of these plans to prevent it from ever happening again yet not disrupting the natural flow of water and fish in the area. Sorry, it’s a bit long but I hope you enjoyed it

    @phoenixflamegames1@phoenixflamegames14 жыл бұрын
    • @Drive YT Brand oh, if it where up to people like me, our country would swoop in the second corona was over (unless this shutdown caused a depression of course) but sadly our government is less interested in increasing ties via business and aid with none European nations than it is in trying to pay England to not leave the EU

      @thomastakesatollforthedark2231@thomastakesatollforthedark22314 жыл бұрын
    • @Drive YT Brand from what I know, in Jakarta, there's a whole mangrove restauration going on. Planting and research/monitoring to see how the new mangroves root/grow. Unfortunately due to defrosting the mangroves and poor water quality Jakarta and other Indonesian islands have lost a natural defence against floods. Luckily they discovered the mistakes and are trying to restore the natural boundary. Research program is done by Wageningen university. But very simple answer, the Dutch are already helping on Jakarta. ;)

      @mrrit@mrrit4 жыл бұрын
    • Drive YT Brand I have known about the problems concerning water in other countries. It’s such a shame that this management is so expensive. You guys also have the problem of being COMPLETELY surrounded by water while we do not have that problem.

      @phoenixflamegames1@phoenixflamegames14 жыл бұрын
    • Thomas takes a toll for the dark You know what, it seems like a good way to pay Indonesia back from what “we” did to them when they were our colony.

      @phoenixflamegames1@phoenixflamegames14 жыл бұрын
    • I just helped u complete ur century🙃

      @with_Nikhil@with_Nikhil4 жыл бұрын
  • I wish every child got to learn about the amazing Dutch water management system at school here in Bangladesh! That would've resulted in bringing about a generation of conscious citizens who could create engineering marvels like this at a much more affordable localized rate to save millions of people from extreme financial and livelihood losses that occur every damn year in here due to the monsoon floods and rise of the Bengal sea.

    @saraf5414@saraf54144 жыл бұрын
    • Please Sir, do remember that these water infrastructural works came at enormous effort and costs. I do think we, the Dutch, could be of great assistance finding solutions for every challenge worldwide.

      @BarnOwl61@BarnOwl613 жыл бұрын
    • In bangladesh its ten times worse with the delta and the coast is way longer than then netherlands

      @laurensstap7296@laurensstap72963 жыл бұрын
    • This is investment billions of $

      @robertodevries3738@robertodevries37383 жыл бұрын
    • @@laurensstap7296 If it is so much worse. How come you haven't developed the cultural and technical connections and know how with water management like the Dutch have. Maybe colonialism? But that seems like a poor excuse for modern day.

      @tomatoheadfd@tomatoheadfd3 жыл бұрын
    • @@BarnOwl61 we do not face such problems yet in Panama, but I know we will as sea levels rise. There is money but no political will (aka Corruption) and well also our people are not well prepared in the field.

      @cosmokaulitz22@cosmokaulitz222 жыл бұрын
  • This is what happens when you just blaze it every now and then, you get creative.

    @hakushiro9910@hakushiro99102 жыл бұрын
  • Facing one of the worst floods in decades, Malaysia has a lot to learn from the Netherlands. We cannot simply develop without thinking about the consequences to the populations in the low-lying area. Being an architect, I want to say the animation is super informative on the architecture & water management design!

    @kehnit@kehnit2 жыл бұрын
  • Netherlands: I need to save myself from drowning California: I need to save myself from burning Australia: I need to save myself from drowning and burning at the same time

    @grovemeister04@grovemeister044 жыл бұрын
    • Antartica: I need to save my self from melting

      @deedeegottyme3671@deedeegottyme36714 жыл бұрын
    • And dying of coronavirus

      @MultiDEVILMAYCRY123@MultiDEVILMAYCRY1234 жыл бұрын
    • @@MultiDEVILMAYCRY123 India 🇮🇳💐 😊🙏

      @surinmansukh3603@surinmansukh36034 жыл бұрын
    • @@surinmansukh3603 looks like India is gonna blow soon with the virus

      @MultiDEVILMAYCRY123@MultiDEVILMAYCRY1234 жыл бұрын
    • We don't need any help, y'all need our help.

      @-gemberkoekje-5547@-gemberkoekje-55474 жыл бұрын
  • the thing i know about the Netherlands : everyone is so tall, landscape is flat, more bicycle than people and excellent English

    @LizziesLukas@LizziesLukas4 жыл бұрын
    • True, true. Do you know why I can approve that.. heehee I’m dutch

      @eliiuu9597@eliiuu95974 жыл бұрын
    • @@eliiuu9597 oh... Hi from Malaysia

      @LizziesLukas@LizziesLukas4 жыл бұрын
    • And I heard Dutch people are also beautiful af and literally water gods.

      @stormchazer3068@stormchazer30684 жыл бұрын
    • @@stormchazer3068 nah fam thats avatar

      @stefanvanburgeler173@stefanvanburgeler1734 жыл бұрын
    • And flowers and windmills

      @tobias9790@tobias97904 жыл бұрын
  • Ted is always answering my questions damn

    @MsGara1989@MsGara19892 жыл бұрын
  • Limburg left the chat

    @bas4752@bas47522 жыл бұрын
  • Where have I seen this title before?

    @RealEngineering@RealEngineering4 жыл бұрын
    • How did no one find this comment (btw great videos)

      @rileyli6174@rileyli61743 жыл бұрын
    • Oh hi

      @1bfachrelaulio959@1bfachrelaulio9593 жыл бұрын
    • nainywvyavyavao

      @Flower-sf9rc@Flower-sf9rc3 жыл бұрын
    • Well... Your title is "Why the Netherlands isn't underwater" and this title is "Why isn't the Netherlands underwater?" BIG DIFFERENCE!! one is a question and the other isn't. Nah mate, just kidding, this is kinda copied, love your videos by the way

      @stijnhs@stijnhs3 жыл бұрын
    • Love your channel

      @nvwest@nvwest3 жыл бұрын
  • This sounds straight out of a science fiction

    @aurorarising1945@aurorarising19454 жыл бұрын
    • Wait until the Final results of our watermanagement when it comes to farming comes to light. I heard we're experimenting with getting produce with minimum of rainwater...if successfull we could potentially put a farm in a desert like area.

      @djokealtena2538@djokealtena25384 жыл бұрын
    • @@djokealtena2538 of course, it'll require a lot of work, due to the low nutrients within deserts. Water isn't the only thing plants need to grow, but it IS step forward

      @thomastakesatollforthedark2231@thomastakesatollforthedark22314 жыл бұрын
    • Nah its pretty much normal daily life here.😂

      @DeeDellimore@DeeDellimore3 жыл бұрын
    • @@thomastakesatollforthedark2231 True, but you have to keep in mind that a lot of the Netherlands' soil is originally not suit for agricultural activity

      @mijn21@mijn212 жыл бұрын
    • And why do you think it's done with cartoons? At least NASA's fiction uses some sort of CGI to lie to you.

      @The-F.R.E.E.-J.@The-F.R.E.E.-J.2 жыл бұрын
  • Netherlands is a great role model for all regions and individuals struggling to survive near the shores.

    @Cybernaut551@Cybernaut5513 жыл бұрын
  • This video was very insightful to me, its great to see the technology used to control flooding in action.

    @shaby_the@shaby_the6 ай бұрын
  • Me, A Dutchie already knowing this. Yeah let’s still watch it

    @Victoria-up6iq@Victoria-up6iq3 жыл бұрын
    • how tall are you?

      @akmalhakimsabri3825@akmalhakimsabri38253 жыл бұрын
    • @@akmalhakimsabri3825 I’m 1.73 sir 🤠

      @Victoria-up6iq@Victoria-up6iq3 жыл бұрын
    • Hetzelfde

      @tiesvandongen6647@tiesvandongen66473 жыл бұрын
    • Same

      @rosaliegrummel7818@rosaliegrummel78183 жыл бұрын
    • @@akmalhakimsabri3825 1.91

      @SomePersonSomewhere@SomePersonSomewhere2 жыл бұрын
  • Mother nature: dude, just move on! Netherlands: *NO*

    @cremaglitch@cremaglitch4 жыл бұрын
    • Genius

      @kevodecha@kevodecha3 жыл бұрын
  • Although I don't live in the Netherlands my family heritage originates in Rotterdam and Dordrecht. The history fascinates me; we come from ship builders, and more currently books which, incidentally, I found out while working in a bookstore! Thanks for providing a peek into my history.

    @cdes1776@cdes1776 Жыл бұрын
  • Such beautiful works of genius. Very peaceful to see. Alhamdulillah.

    @afridifacebook@afridifacebook3 жыл бұрын
  • Flood: *arrives* Netherlands: OH GOD NO 54 years later Flood: *arrives again* Netherlands: I am 4 parallel universes ahead of you.

    @eye6825@eye68253 жыл бұрын
    • flood: *flanks them and floods limburg* netherlands: no that’s not how you’re supposed to play the game.

      @astifeux5787@astifeux57872 жыл бұрын
    • Flood - Awaits another centery of global warming. .. In Arnie's words _"I'll be back !"_

      @reuireuiop0@reuireuiop02 жыл бұрын
    • @@astifeux5787 more like "limburg water boards: we're such geniuses" 🤣

      @therealdutchidiot@therealdutchidiot2 жыл бұрын
  • As someone who's Dutch and have lived here my entire life, I can confirm that this is the most educative and informative video on this subject

    @ExecuteOrder.66@ExecuteOrder.664 жыл бұрын
    • There are quite a few video's much more informative than this one, going into detail about the separate projects and technologies involved

      @joyl7842@joyl78423 жыл бұрын
  • I know this is not the main issue, but you windmill at 1:39 is rotating in the wrong direction. The thick wood of the blade cuts through the air as the sail catches the wind energy. If you do it the other way around, they could break more easily.

    @martenjanssen@martenjanssen Жыл бұрын
  • part of it is right now brother. Limburg Floods 2021

    @ewoudvanaalst4089@ewoudvanaalst40892 жыл бұрын
  • Netherlands undertook these huge infrastructure projects as early as 1950's. Today they have some of the best companies in large scale engineering, construction, super-heavy lifting, and salvaging sectors. I wonder if there's a connection there.

    3 жыл бұрын
    • Cool story, but we just wanted to colonize the sea too.

      @SeaKaned@SeaKaned2 жыл бұрын
    • Ehum... afsluitdijk (1927 to 1932 under construction).

      @maartenbakker8311@maartenbakker83112 жыл бұрын
    • Practice makes perfect, and we had a lot of practice. 🤗

      @hendman4083@hendman40832 жыл бұрын
    • @@maartenbakker8311 Beemster polder finished in 1612. 72km2 size. Not bad for that time.

      @NLwino@NLwino2 жыл бұрын
  • Netherlands truly has an amazing flood prevention system! Thanks ted ed for allowing us to learn so much from all around the world

    @mellow-yellow918@mellow-yellow9184 жыл бұрын
  • I'm half Dutch and I love the Netherlands.

    @marty2035@marty2035 Жыл бұрын
  • I live there, and can confirm that it os still dry, but earlier this year a part of the country was flooded. Also your dutch is pretty good!

    @cubing_nerd_@cubing_nerd_2 жыл бұрын
  • Make disaster into a blessing. Really impressive

    @muhammadadambinmohdrazihan9988@muhammadadambinmohdrazihan99884 жыл бұрын
  • Sea: nooo you can’t just stop my almighty storm from flooding your land! Dutch people: haha sluice gates go brrrrmm

    @gerbenmenzo1993@gerbenmenzo19933 жыл бұрын
    • Gerben Menzo not exactly doors but i don’t know the name for it in English

      @pinooo5815@pinooo58153 жыл бұрын
    • @@pinooo5815 sluizen?

      @ygemkaa@ygemkaa3 жыл бұрын
    • Ygem Kaa yes but in English

      @pinooo5815@pinooo58153 жыл бұрын
    • What’s English for sluis?

      @gerbenmenzo1993@gerbenmenzo19933 жыл бұрын
    • @Emma Schimmel thanks! Dank je!

      @gerbenmenzo1993@gerbenmenzo19933 жыл бұрын
  • Man this is amazing! It's incredible! I hope you can tell how impressed I am because this is just that cool

    @saigecade5830@saigecade5830Ай бұрын
  • WOW. This is amazing 👏🏼

    @sussanmartinez4374@sussanmartinez43742 жыл бұрын
  • "Here rule the sea, the moon the wind and we", translated quote from the Oosterschelde stormfloodbarier

    @14OF12@14OF124 жыл бұрын
    • 14OF12 your wording is ambiguous and could imply that the sea rules. A more accurate translation would be "Here rule over the sea: the moon, the wind, and we."

      @CaptainCed@CaptainCed4 жыл бұрын
    • @@CaptainCedworks better in Dutch, trust me.

      @CATboss001@CATboss0014 жыл бұрын
    • Catam Vanitas dat ben ik met je eens ja

      @CaptainCed@CaptainCed4 жыл бұрын
    • @@CaptainCed Better would be... Here the tides are governed by the moon, the wind and us.

      @Freeze014@Freeze0144 жыл бұрын
    • The official translation is: here the sea has rulers three - the moon, the wind, and we.

      @BelleVanSchijndel@BelleVanSchijndel3 жыл бұрын
  • KZhead: hey watch this video about the Netherlands and why it’s not underwater. Me being Dutch: ....WAt?

    @onceinalifetime688@onceinalifetime6884 жыл бұрын
    • Jij bent niet te enigste want wij Nederlanders hoeven zulke video's niet te bekijken we zijn veel te slim voor deze Amerikanen

      @futurespy523@futurespy5233 жыл бұрын
    • I had exactly the same 😂👌

      @dansmariekje@dansmariekje2 жыл бұрын
    • In minecraft there is no water in nether

      @gogi2500@gogi25002 жыл бұрын
  • Awesome stuff 👍👍

    @prankz82@prankz822 жыл бұрын
  • Me a dutchman who already knows most of this: eh gonna watch it anyway

    @casper6405@casper64052 жыл бұрын
  • 1:55 I'm not sure this is worded right. The design criteria for the city was to be able to withstand a 1 in 10000 year flood, NOT reduce the annual odds of flooding to 1 in 10000. The 1 in 10000 thing describes the magnitude of the flood, not it's annual probably.

    @rever4217@rever42174 жыл бұрын
    • You are literally describing one of the definitions of probability. If something occurs 1% of the time, then it has a 1% chance of happening each time.

      @merren2306@merren23063 жыл бұрын
    • @@merren2306 I think you missed what I read or misunderstood. I wasn't talking about the probability, I mentioned the design strength. Floods can still happen just as often, the city is just able to withstand a higher magnitude.

      @rever4217@rever42173 жыл бұрын
    • @@merren2306 No, he said it right. It was designed to withstand a flood that's so strong it happens in only 1 in 10,000 years. It just sounds like it's a probability thing but it's just another form of description of the scale of the flood it was designed to withstand.

      @ryannacario7849@ryannacario78492 жыл бұрын
    • @@ryannacario7849 yes, but that magnitude of flood has the given probability of occurring, so both are correct.

      @merren2306@merren23062 жыл бұрын
  • "Climate change is fake!" Rijkswaterstaat: I see....

    @ls200076@ls2000763 жыл бұрын
  • I've lived my whole life below sea level and I'm so used to it that I forgot this lmao

    @Visnetter@Visnetter2 жыл бұрын
  • It's because we're gods of water, it'll flow where we want it to flow

    @hhj2164@hhj21642 жыл бұрын
  • The Netherlands: *in total chaos due to the Corona virus* TED-Ed: "Why isn't there more chaos in the Netherlands?"

    @YB-bw1oi@YB-bw1oi4 жыл бұрын
    • Yassin B. Total choas? Where?

      @BendeVette@BendeVette4 жыл бұрын
    • ??????

      @ls200076@ls2000764 жыл бұрын
    • Because we are well educated and organised? We can still buy toilet paper.

      @Peter_Scheen@Peter_Scheen4 жыл бұрын
    • We’re not really in a chaos because of the Corona virus (Im dutch) almost everything is going very well😉

      @lenavanhalen8446@lenavanhalen84464 жыл бұрын
    • Total chaos? Did i miss something?

      @henkoosterink8744@henkoosterink87443 жыл бұрын
  • 4:31 This suddenly became a tragic love story...

    @devononair@devononair3 жыл бұрын
    • So true :(

      @RobMedellin@RobMedellin2 жыл бұрын
    • Lmaooo

      @stanleyho8009@stanleyho80092 жыл бұрын
  • Kudo's to the music. Really fitting. 3 Kisses from the Netherlands.

    @yoliyanda2860@yoliyanda28602 жыл бұрын
  • I LOVE THIS SO MUCH :3

    @fbimaxtowfor8300@fbimaxtowfor83003 жыл бұрын
  • The world is gonna be begging for these Dutch engineers once the effects of climate change start to hit us hard.

    @nicholasestrella339@nicholasestrella3394 жыл бұрын
    • Ohh yes. As the world drowns we can reap in the sweet sweet profits of making dams for them.

      @thomastakesatollforthedark2231@thomastakesatollforthedark22314 жыл бұрын
    • Thomas takes a toll for the dark Let’s hope it will not come that far so quickly.

      @phoenixflamegames1@phoenixflamegames14 жыл бұрын
    • Actually a lot of them do work all over the world on projects.

      @tallbeard7111@tallbeard71113 жыл бұрын
    • If that happens- Netherlands well take the helf of there money or land

      @izukumidoriya3279@izukumidoriya32793 жыл бұрын
    • Yeah, the Vietnamese government actually asked for their helps

      @saocxdc210@saocxdc2102 жыл бұрын
  • "Why isn't the Netherlands underwater?" Me, a Dutch person: huh? Why are they talking about us?

    @esmeelanda7759@esmeelanda77594 жыл бұрын
    • Because the world loves us 😎

      @hisss@hisss4 жыл бұрын
    • @some person We're used to be underappreciated.

      @ls200076@ls2000764 жыл бұрын
    • @@ls200076 and probably disposed. The Spanish, French, English. All a bunch of haters

      @thomastakesatollforthedark2231@thomastakesatollforthedark22314 жыл бұрын
    • I can’t believe it either! We are pretty small after all.

      @phoenixflamegames1@phoenixflamegames14 жыл бұрын
    • @@thomastakesatollforthedark2231 they are not haters the french not even close the dutch people are just haters and believe me i know im half dutch and french and i go every year to france

      @evanpaauwe1412@evanpaauwe14123 жыл бұрын
  • Nothing is impossible for Dutch people; experts in hydrology, hydraulic engineering, hydrogeology.

    @soewin9784@soewin97842 жыл бұрын
  • Sometimes I tell myself I'm not a nerd. Then I remember that I get excited looking at pictures of the Delta Works.

    @Hazy_Heart@Hazy_Heart2 жыл бұрын
  • I swear the Dutch come from the solarpunk future we all so desperately want...

    @dkpsyhog@dkpsyhog4 жыл бұрын
    • we are good at this stuff, but these are just some highlights. Don;t believe that our whole country is like this, 99% of the housing is just boring old bricks and concrete like everywhere else. (although our cities and villages are usually better looking than most countries because we have more rules on what you can build.) But it;s also quite bland.. thousands upon thousands of the same formula houses

      @Blackadder75@Blackadder754 жыл бұрын
    • @@Blackadder75 how are the people

      @thefutureisnowoldman7653@thefutureisnowoldman76534 жыл бұрын
    • ​@@thefutureisnowoldman7653 Idk about other cities but Amsterdam is extremely multicultural. I've lived here my whole life and whenever I go to Centrum it's full of tourists, people who moved here from abroad and exchange students. We don't really like to talk in English even though most of us are more than capable of speaking it. We're more direct and to the point which is often being interpreted as rudeness. We also scold tourists or aggressively ring our bicycle bells if they're walking on the bike paths.

      @Jilamm@Jilamm4 жыл бұрын
    • While the US went to the moon, the dutch built the delta works.

      @MrPbhuh@MrPbhuh4 жыл бұрын
    • Did anyone tell you about our adaptive traffic lights yet?? (Go watch the ‘why the dutch wait less at traffic lights’ video from Not Just Bikes)

      @livatoseus@livatoseus3 жыл бұрын
  • U know what is coming G E K O L O N I S E E R D 🇳🇱

    @Wasbever_14@Wasbever_143 жыл бұрын
    • ja :D

      @anglerfish61@anglerfish613 жыл бұрын
    • What does it mean

      @anaksi1@anaksi13 жыл бұрын
    • @@anaksi1 colonised

      @anglerfish61@anglerfish613 жыл бұрын
    • Ja man

      @leonbraakman1433@leonbraakman14333 жыл бұрын
    • G E K O L O N I S E E R D

      @milosnel1739@milosnel17393 жыл бұрын
  • Bangladesh and the Netherlands, two of the biggest delta countries still there, amazing!

    @m7floyd@m7floyd2 жыл бұрын
  • I love the Netherlands, Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 ♥️🇳🇱

    @magtazeum4071@magtazeum40712 жыл бұрын
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