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How does Netherlands prevent flooding?
To protect their country from floods, the Dutch have built many dikes, barriers, and pumps. The Dutch are threatened by flooding from both the sea and from rivers. To keep low-lying land free of water, they use dikes, which are walls that are built to keep water out.
What parts of Holland are flooded?
North Holland, Friesland and Groningen. The coastal dunes were breached (possibly at Callantsoog), flooding parts of North Holland. Large parts of the north of the Netherlands were inundated.
Does Amsterdam ever flood?
According to estimates, actual flood probability of the low-lying, densely populated area in the western part of the country, with the major cities of Amsterdam, Rotterdam and the Hague, may be less than 1/100,000 per year (19).