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Floodgates of the dam Haringvlietdam, a Delta work Royalty Free Stock Photo

Aerial view of Haringvlietdam sluice dam and highway in South Holland, Netherlands Royalty Free Stock Photo

Sandflat landscape of nature reserve near Haringvlietdam and Rot Royalty Free Stock Photo

Beach pole with red top in Slijkgat near Haringvlietdam, South Holland, Netherlands Royalty Free Stock Photo

Drone image over the Haringvlietdam flood barrier near the Dutch town of Ouddorp against a cloudy sky Royalty Free Stock Photo

Floodgates of the dam Haringvlietdam, a Delta work

perspective view of the haringvlietdam Royalty Free Stock Photo

Image over the Haringvlietdam flood barrier near the Dutch town of Ouddorp against a cloudy sky Royalty Free Stock Photo

Netherlands, province South Holland, between the small town Hellevoetsluis and village Stellendam is the Haringvlietdam built. The Delta Works is a series of construction projects in the southwest of the Netherlands to protect a large area of land from the north sea. The works consist of dams, sluices, locks, dikes, levees, and storm surge barriers. The aim of the dams, sluices, and storm surge barriers was to shorten the Dutch coastline, thus reducing the number of dikes that had to be raised. The Delta Works have been declared one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World by the American Society of Civil Engineers.