The Dutch landscapes
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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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