The "Maasplassen"
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The Dutch are regarded as world champions of land reclamation and coastal protection. After the disastrous flood of 1953 the Netherlands decided to improve its coastal defense even further, to go from these decisions out including the Delta Works. Not only the coastal populations had to pay tribute to these measures, even from the interior regions had to contribute. To strengthen and build new dikes were many masses of rock needed, but this in many parts of the Netherlands - especially in coastal areas - is in short supply. In the province of Limburg
can be gravel rocks as sediments on the river Maas found that from the mid-20th century were dismantled and transported to the construction sites along the coast.
was Sun after gravel extraction west of the city of Roermond, near the German border and artificial lakes, through which winds the River Meuse. These lakes are now a popular recreational area and the largest inland water sports area of the Netherlands.
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