THE DISASTER IN THE NETHERLANDS CAUSED BY THE STORM FLOOD OF FEBRUARY 1, 1953

Proceedings of the International Conference on Coastal Engineering

P. J. Wemelsfelder¹ 

[1] Rijkswaterstaat, The Hague, Netherlands

关键词: the Netherlands;    storm damage;    storm damage mitigation;   

DOI  :  10.9753/icce.v4.18

学科分类：建筑学

来源: Coastal Engineering Research Council

【 摘 要 】

It will be useful to show first a sketch of the situation of our low lying area with regard to the North Sea (Fig. 1). We might idealize the North Sea in the shape of a rectangular pocket, nearly 400 miles wide and 500 miles long, open to the Atlantic in the line Duncansby (Scotland) - Bergen (Norway). For its size the North Sea is relatively shallow. The depth is of the order of magnitude of 60 m. The funnel-like Southern part, between England and the Netherlands, is not more than 40 m deep. The average width of this part is 250 miles.

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