Hoeksche Waard polder landscape

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The Hoeksche Waard polder landscape is a characteristic Dutch reclaimed-land region in South Holland, known for its flat agricultural fields, dikes, and waterways shaped by centuries of water management.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural landscape ⓘ
polder landscape ⓘ
rural area ⓘ
associatedWith Delta region agriculture ⓘ
Dutch water management tradition ⓘ
borderedBy Haringvliet ⓘ
Hollands Diep ⓘ
Oude Maas ⓘ
Spui ⓘ
country Netherlands ⓘ
hasCharacteristic agricultural fields ⓘ
below sea level areas ⓘ
flat topography ⓘ
linear road and ditch patterns ⓘ
low elevation ⓘ
network of dikes ⓘ
network of waterways ⓘ
open vistas ⓘ
parcelled fields ⓘ
reclaimed land ⓘ
hasElement canals ⓘ
country roads ⓘ
drainage ditches ⓘ
farmsteads ⓘ
pumping stations ⓘ
ring dikes ⓘ
small villages ⓘ
tree-lined dikes ⓘ
historicalDevelopment consolidated through successive poldering phases ⓘ
formed by reclamation of tidal marshes and floodplains ⓘ
hydrology artificially drained ⓘ
protected by dikes from river and sea flooding ⓘ
landscapeType open polder landscape ⓘ
river clay landscape ⓘ
locatedIn Hoeksche Waard ⓘ
province of South Holland ⓘ
western Netherlands ⓘ
linked to: Western Netherlands
mainCrops cereals ⓘ
fodder crops ⓘ
onions ⓘ
potatoes ⓘ
sugar beet ⓘ
mainLandUse arable farming ⓘ
pasture ⓘ
partOf Dutch delta region ⓘ
shapedBy centuries of water management ⓘ
dike construction ⓘ
drainage systems ⓘ
land reclamation ⓘ

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Klaaswaal → locatedIn → Hoeksche Waard polder landscape ⓘ