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Land behind the dikes: the Netherlands

United States, 1949
film

Episode of Series “Earth and it’s peoples”. Makes the point that the Netherlands, with about one-half of the land area below sea level, is l..

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Life in the lowlands: the Netherlands

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View of Middleharnis

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Running water: landform evolution

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People of the Netherlands

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