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Sandhill cranes (Antigone canadensis, previously Grus canadensis, Gruidae) flying over the Town Drain in the White River Marsh State Wildlife Area, Town of Seneca, Green Lake County, Wisconsin
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Pumping windmill "Het Noorden" (1879) In the island of Texel.
The whole principle of polder drainage is quit simple.
In the background is the ring canal that collects the excess of water from the polder.
The pumping windmill made sure that the excess of water from the ring canal was pumped in the storage bassin before the windmill.
From here the water was discharged to the sea trough the lock in the foreground during low tide....
Streefkerk is a town in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Molenlanden, and lies on the southside of the river Lek, about 20 kilometres east of Rotterdam.
In 2004, the town of Streefkerk had 2600 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 0.37 km², and contained 628 residences. The statistical area "Streefkerk", which also can include the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 2,600.
Streefkerk was a separate municipality until 1986, when it became part of Liesveld. The latter has been part of Molenwaard since 2013.
Streefkerk is a town in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Molenlanden, and lies on the southside of the river Lek, about 20 kilometres east of Rotterdam.
In 2004, the town of Streefkerk had 2600 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 0.37 km², and contained 628 residences. The statistical area "Streefkerk", which also can include the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 2,600.
Streefkerk was a separate municipality until 1986, when it became part of Liesveld. The latter has been part of Molenwaard since 2013.
Hagestein weir. The Hagestein lock and weir complex is located in the Lek near the village of Hagestein in the municipality of Vianen, in the Dutch province of Utrecht. The complex was completed in 1958. The complex is similar to that at Driel and that at Amerongen. With these three dams together, a large part of the water management of the Netherlands can be arranged. The weir consists of two arches that hang in the water.
A tranquil mid‑summer sunset over the northern end of Lake Cascade in western Idaho, with soft pastels fading behind the distant mountains. The sandy shoreline in the foreground and the small islands of vegetation were completely underwater just weeks earlier, but reappeared as the level of this 30‑mile‑long irrigation reservoir continued to drop through the season.
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The land between rivers Lek and Merwede is a fantastic area to discover by foot, bike, boat, skate or boat. The Alblasserwaard polders are filled with windmills in a characteristic Dutch landscape which reminds us to the fact that this land is below sea-level
In the Alblasserwaard polders there are many trails by foot, skate or bike. Many interesting places can be visited like pittoresque Nieuwpoort, local history museum 'de Koperen Knop', the many cheesefarms and offcourse the world famous Kinderdijk windmills.
Hagestein weir. The Hagestein lock and weir complex is located in the Lek near the village of Hagestein in the municipality of Vianen, in the Dutch province of Utrecht. The complex was completed in 1958. The complex is similar to that at Driel and that at Amerongen. With these three dams together, a large part of the water management of the Netherlands can be arranged. The weir consists of two arches that hang in the water.
Streefkerk is a town in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Molenlanden, and lies on the southside of the river Lek, about 20 kilometres east of Rotterdam.
In 2004, the town of Streefkerk had 2600 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 0.37 km², and contained 628 residences. The statistical area "Streefkerk", which also can include the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 2,600.
Streefkerk was a separate municipality until 1986, when it became part of Liesveld. The latter has been part of Molenwaard since 2013.
A view of the historic, more than a century old part of the "Emschergenossenschaft" complex in Essen, Germany's largest water management association named after the Emscher river.
Tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor - Hirundinidae)
Uihlein Waterfowl Production Area
Waukau, Wisconsin
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The Kinderdijk windmills are part of the UNESCO World Heritage .
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The land between rivers Lek and Merwede is a fantastic area to discover by foot, bike, boat, skate or boat. The Alblasserwaard polders are filled with windmills in a characteristic Dutch landscape which reminds us to the fact that this land is below sea-level
In the Alblasserwaard polders there are many trails by foot, skate or bike. Many interesting places can be visited like pittoresque Nieuwpoort, local history museum 'de Koperen Knop', the many cheesefarms and offcourse the world famous Kinderdijk windmills.
The old Weteringmolen is a wip mill on the Beneden Tiendweg in Streefkerk, in the Dutch municipality of Molenlanden, province of South Holland. The mill was built in or before 1751 and was in operation until 1951. In 1847 the mill was raised approximately 0.50 meters by building field walls. In 1957 he came into possession of the SIMAV. The two other mills of the group, the Sluismolen and the Hoge Tiendwegse Molen, fell into disrepair and were both destroyed by fire. Work is currently underway to rebuild these two mills. In 1989 the mill was thoroughly restored and made ready for milling again. Because the old watercourses no longer exist and because the other mills have disappeared, the mill now grinds in circuit. The Oudendijkse Mill can be visited by appointment. The flight with a length of 26.80 m. has old Dutch fencing. The mill grinds with a paddle wheel with a diameter of 5.94 m and a width of 0.52 m, which achieves a head of up to 1.40 m.
The old Weteringmolen is a wip mill on the Beneden Tiendweg in Streefkerk, in the Dutch municipality of Molenlanden, province of South Holland. The mill was built in or before 1751 and was in operation until 1951. In 1847 the mill was raised approximately 0.50 meters by building field walls. In 1957 he came into possession of the SIMAV. The two other mills of the group, the Sluismolen and the Hoge Tiendwegse Molen, fell into disrepair and were both destroyed by fire. Work is currently underway to rebuild these two mills. In 1989 the mill was thoroughly restored and made ready for milling again. Because the old watercourses no longer exist and because the other mills have disappeared, the mill now grinds in circuit. The Oudendijkse Mill can be visited by appointment. The flight with a length of 26.80 m. has old Dutch fencing. The mill grinds with a paddle wheel with a diameter of 5.94 m and a width of 0.52 m, which achieves a head of up to 1.40 m.
This scene unfolds each year at the northern end of Lake Cascade due to the rhythms of the changing seasons. The spring snow melt in the mountains fills the reservoir to its brim. Then, in late summer and fall, as water is continuously released for irrigation across thousands of acres of farms in Idaho's Payette Valley, the lake's receding northern shoreline exposes submerged sandbars, leaving the water to drain and eventually form a stream before the winter sets in.
Stubborn willows--such as Salix exigua--emerge with the sandbars, a testament to their resilience after months of complete submersion. These plants live in two worlds--submerged beneath the lake's surface, relying on spongy tissues to channel oxygen and a bit of underwater photosynthesis to survive the deep waters, and then suddenly reemerging to thrive in the air and sunlight. Their yearly cycle leaves me to ponder how both nature's rhythms and human needs (irrigation) shape this beautiful landscape, creating habitat for life uniquely adapted to living at the edge.
Oh... and the wildfire in the background? That's the Rock Fire on West Mountain (2025). It threatened the Tamarack Resort. Its ski trail is visible coming down the side of the mountain.
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Since 1707, the Gaaspermolen windmill (in those days called the Gemeenschapsmolen) has kept the Gemeenschapspolder dry. This polder was created shortly before, the result of eight smaller polders being merged. Initially, the drainage was done with a scoop wheel, but this was replaced after two centuries by a screw pump. After a diesel pumping station was built in 1926 next to the mill, the cap and wings were removed and the oak hull of the mill was adapted for housing by addin windows. In 2003 the Gaaspermolen was restored by the renowned firm Poland from Broek op Langedijk and put back into use as a working mill. An electric pumping station jumps in when the wind speed is too low to drive the screw pump. The beautiful location of the mill on a wide section of the river Gaasp makes it a great scenic viewpoint.
Kinderdijk is a village in the Netherlands, world-famous for its historic windmills and listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
This interesting surface has been designed and created at the Berkeley waterfront park. .. runoff from the paved street lanes runs sideways and filters into the ground. These parking strips line both sides of the road. City of Berkeley.
In looking up this idea, I see that most systems involve re-cycled plastic--which doesn't appeal to me. It's still adding plastic to the exposed environment! This one seems focused on rock and iron. . . but not sure what's under it.
Been away for a bit on a Rhine River cruise. Image from the last day of the trip from Kinderijk Windmill site in Holland, our last visit.
The famous windmills at Kinderdijk in South Holland are a group of 19 authentic windmills built in 1738 and 1740 to keep water out of the low-lying land. It is the largest concentration of old windmills in the Netherlands. The mills are listed as national monuments and the entire area is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Print Size 13x19 inches.
Happy Windmill Wednesday
Think "Holland" and you've probably already conjured the iconic images of tulips and windmills. More precisely, the very specific windmills you're envisioning right now are that of Kinderdijk.
Though it may sound odd for how technical and pragmatic the region proved to be, the name Kinderdijk translates in Dutch to mean "children's dike." According to local legend, after a particularly terrible flood in the 15th century, a lone basket was left floating in an inundated canal. Upon closer inspection, a cat was found bounding from one side of the basket to the other in an effort to keep it balanced, for inside rested an orphaned baby. The cat had kept the babe afloat, safe and sound during its journey… Thus giving the world the folktale "The Cat and the Cradle" in addition to the village of Kinderdijk its name.
Back in the modern day, visitors will find 19 historically authentic windmills scattered across Kinderdijk's canal-riddled landscape. With their sails raised to the skies (coming to rest in formations that communicate across the bogs in a language of semafors), one could be forgiven for believing these are creatures beholden to the air. What history reveals, in fact, is that the Netherlands' famous windmills are well-disguised creatures of the sea, without which the nation's famously innovative water management system would not have been possible.
Sometime in the 13th century, Zuid-Holland's peat rivers ceased to drain as they had been, creating a pattern of flooding that devastated the beautiful landscape at Alblasserwaard, which already existed below sea level. Berms were built to prevent flooding, but pumping stations needed to be constructed to continue water flow from low to high areas; hence, the 19th windmills still seen today.
Nowhere else in the world offers a complete portrait of early water management like that of Kinderdijk, which accounts for UNESCO's inclusion of the site among its World Heritage as of 1997 for its "unique character." Thanks to its truly groundbreaking unification of sea and sky, plus the added bonus of a world-renowned folktale, a visit to Kinderdijk is the sort of treasure that offers something for dreamers and pragmatists alike. www.atlasobscura.com/places/windmills-of-kinderdijk
Typical Dutch polder landscape with ditches and bridges in the Krimpenerwaard near Ouderkerk aan den IJssel, province of South Holland. The photo was taken on a sunny and stormy day in winter.
Typisch Nederlands polderlandschap met sloten en bruggetjes in de Krimpenerwaard bij Ouderkerk aan den IJssel, provincie Zuid-Holland. De foto is gemaakt op een zonnige en stormachtige dag in de winter.
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The famous windmills at Kinderdijk in South Holland are a group of 19 authentic windmills built in 1738 and 1740 to keep water out of the low-lying land. It is the largest concentration of old windmills in the Netherlands. The mills are listed as national monuments and the entire area is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Print size 8x10 inches.
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The windmills at Kinderdijk in South Holland are a group of 19 authentic windmills built in 1738 and 1740 to keep water out of the low-lying land. It is the largest concentration of old windmills in the Netherlands. The mills are listed as national monuments and the entire area is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Print Size 13x19 inches.
Happy Windmill Wednesday
Na Serra da Cabreira, em Cabeceiras de Basto, o trilho da Levada da Víbora (PR4) revela a importância histórica e ecológica dos sistemas de levadas no Minho. Este canal de pedra, fundamental para a irrigação agrícola e o abeberamento do gado, integra-se na paisagem outonal da floresta mista, onde carvalhos e outras árvores de folha caduca partilham o espaço com coníferas perenes. A densa camada de musgo e a folhada no solo testemunham a humidade e a fertilidade, elementos cruciais para o equilíbrio do ecossistema. O percurso pedestre oferece uma perspetiva sobre a relação entre as comunidades rurais e a gestão da água, ilustrando como estes sistemas de engenharia hidráulica tradicional moldaram a ocupação humana e a economia da região ao longo de séculos. A paisagem outonal, com os seus contrastes cromáticos, enriquece a experiência do visitante, evidenciando a biodiversidade e o valor etnográfico deste local.
In Serra da Cabreira, in Cabeceiras de Basto, the Levada da Víbora trail (PR4) reveals the historical and ecological importance of the levada systems in Minho. This stone channel, essential for agricultural irrigation and watering livestock, blends into the autumnal landscape of the mixed forest, where oaks and other deciduous trees share space with evergreen conifers. The dense layer of moss and leaf litter on the ground testify to the humidity and fertility, crucial elements for the balance of the ecosystem. The walking trail offers a perspective on the relationship between rural communities and water management, illustrating how these traditional hydraulic engineering systems have shaped human occupation and the economy of the region over centuries. The autumnal landscape, with its chromatic contrasts, enriches the visitor's experience, highlighting the biodiversity and ethnographic value of this place.