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Video: Why is the Netherlands not under water?

Jan 6, 2018

Around 26 percent of the Netherlands lies below sea level. The lowest point is 6,67 metres below sea level, so why is it not under water?

YouTube channel Real Engineering talks about the Dutch Delta Works and how they were built to defend the Netherlands from the sea.

By Mina Solanki