The main way people in the Netherlands have interacted with their environment is by diking land once covered by the ocean. The people in this country have a huge respect for their environment and do what they can to protect it.
That's a tough question. The biggest adjustment is the draining of the land from water to make it available for agriculture. Watermanagement is a big thing in the Netherlands because we are below sealevel (even though we did that ourselves because of the draining)
they have drained the water away so farmers can come in
The flight time from Amsterdam, Netherlands to Venice, Italy is about 1 hour, 10 minutes.
If 'Holland' refers to the Netherlands, then the nicknames would be 'Nokum' and 'Venice of the North'.
The two most commonly cities so named are Venice, Italy and Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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The city is Venice, Italy. The city was built on as many as 117 small islands in a shallow lagoon, and nearby rivers were diverted to sweep sediment out to sea.
Two of the most popular would be Amsterdam in the Netherlands, and Venice in Italy.
Much of the Netherlands is below sea level and the sea is kept out with a great system of dikes. If the sea level rises, then there will be massive flooding. Venice is concerned about the effects of global warming because of the risk of the rise in sea level, it could put the city under 20cm of water.
The Bridge of Sighs is in Venice. I believe it lead from prison to Gallows or similar so the "sighs" were by prisoners looking out of the bridge (it is a covered bridge with windows) onto Venice for the last time. Davo
Venice. Venice.
The address of the Venice Branch is: 501 S. Venice Blvd., Venice, 90291 3440
Who knows? The Duke of Venice is not a character in the play The Merchant of Venice. In Othello, yes. But not in the Merchant of Venice.
probably the dutch.they are famous for their canals since much of their nation is below sea level.