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[Video] How the Dutch dug up their country from the sea

Jul 13, 2018

You may have heard of the polders, land reclaimed from the sea, but do you know how they were made? And where did the Dutch get the idea to make their country bigger by taking land from the sea? YouTube channel Avery Thing gives us the answers to these questions.

 

By Mina Solanki