The Dutch landscapes

9 important questions on The Dutch landscapes

Which 2 types of buildings blocks exist and what are they?

  • Natural building blocks: relief, types of sail, climate and flora and fauna.
  • Human building blocks: land use, land parcellation, type of habitation and infrastructure.

Which 3 types of land parcellation can be found in the Netherlands?

  • Block parcellation
  • Strip parcellation
  • Modern rational parcellation

what are the 2 types of  habitation?

1.  ribbon village (straight line next to a river)

2. concentrated village (houses in a cluster, city)

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How did the sand landscape look like after and before 1900?

  • Before: sandy grounds which needed to be fertilised --> livestock farming
  • After: Population increase = fields were cultivated. Artificial ferstiliser was found which meant livestock farming became arable farming. 

When was the Saale Ice Age?

150000 - 100000 years ago

What are the cold and warm periods in the Pleistocene period called?

  • Cold: glacial periods
  • Warm: interglacial periods

What were the main consequences for the duthc landscape when the Ice age started?

  • Ice pushed outer banks of the river valley outward = push moraines
  • Stones were crushed underneath the ice = boulder clay
  • Later on, the subsoil was frozen in the Netherlands --> top layer dried out --> loose sand got carried away by the wind on top of the boulder clay, this sand is called wind-borne sand.

What remained because of the peat cutting for fuel?

A landscape consisting of ditches and peat banks (strips of ground) in between to dry the peat.

Which 3 things did the Netherlands use to fight against water?

  • terps
  • polders
  • droogmakerijen

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