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Hazy wintersday
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Hazy polder landscape in the Alblasserwaard, The Netherlands.
The Alblasserwaard is a polder in the province South Holland in the Netherlands. It is mainly known for the windmills of Kinderdijk, a village in the northwest of the Alblasserwaard. In some areas of the polder there is an abundance of Pollard Willows. These are very characteristic for the Dutch polder landscape.
The Alblasserwaard is bordered by rivers on all sides. To the north is the Lek, which also forms the boundary between the province South Holland and Utrecht. To the west runs the Noord. At the joining of the Noord and the Lek, Kinderdijk is located. To the south runs the river Merwede, and to the east the Merwede-Kanaal, the Linge and the Zederik together form the boundary with Vijfheerenlanden.
Extensive parts of the Netherlands are below sea level, and the Alblasserwaard is no different. Most of it has been won from the water through land reclamation, using the windmills on the Kinderdijk (Unesco World Heritage site). This process led to the area being full of dikes alongside the rivers. Most of the Alblasserwaard is grassland, where in the spring and summer one will find herds of cows, sheep and goats. The ground consists of clay.
Hazy wintersday
© 2010 by Papafrezzo Photography. All rights reserved.
Hazy polder landscape in the Alblasserwaard, The Netherlands.
The Alblasserwaard is a polder in the province South Holland in the Netherlands. It is mainly known for the windmills of Kinderdijk, a village in the northwest of the Alblasserwaard. In some areas of the polder there is an abundance of Pollard Willows. These are very characteristic for the Dutch polder landscape.
The Alblasserwaard is bordered by rivers on all sides. To the north is the Lek, which also forms the boundary between the province South Holland and Utrecht. To the west runs the Noord. At the joining of the Noord and the Lek, Kinderdijk is located. To the south runs the river Merwede, and to the east the Merwede-Kanaal, the Linge and the Zederik together form the boundary with Vijfheerenlanden.
Extensive parts of the Netherlands are below sea level, and the Alblasserwaard is no different. Most of it has been won from the water through land reclamation, using the windmills on the Kinderdijk (Unesco World Heritage site). This process led to the area being full of dikes alongside the rivers. Most of the Alblasserwaard is grassland, where in the spring and summer one will find herds of cows, sheep and goats. The ground consists of clay.