Hoeksche Waard polder landscape

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The Hoeksche Waard polder landscape is a characteristic Dutch reclaimed-land region in South Holland, known for its flat agricultural fields, dikes, and waterways shaped by centuries of water management.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural landscape
polder landscape
rural area
associatedWith Delta region agriculture
Dutch water management tradition
borderedBy Haringvliet
Hollands Diep
Oude Maas
Spui
country Netherlands
hasCharacteristic agricultural fields
below sea level areas
flat topography
linear road and ditch patterns
low elevation
network of dikes
network of waterways
open vistas
parcelled fields
reclaimed land
hasElement canals
country roads
drainage ditches
farmsteads
pumping stations
ring dikes
small villages
tree-lined dikes
historicalDevelopment consolidated through successive poldering phases
formed by reclamation of tidal marshes and floodplains
hydrology artificially drained
protected by dikes from river and sea flooding
landscapeType open polder landscape
river clay landscape
locatedIn Hoeksche Waard NERFINISHED
province of South Holland
Western Netherlands
surface form: western Netherlands
mainCrops cereals
fodder crops
onions
potatoes
sugar beet
mainLandUse arable farming
pasture
partOf Dutch Delta Works region
surface form: Dutch delta region
shapedBy centuries of water management
dike construction
drainage systems
land reclamation

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Klaaswaal locatedIn Hoeksche Waard polder landscape