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The recent burning of peat bogs in Indonesia, with their large and deep growths containing more than 50 billion tonnes (55 billion short tons; 49 billion long tons) of carbon, has contributed to increases in world carbon dioxide levels. [67] Peat deposits in Southeast Asia could be destroyed by 2040. [68] [69]
The recent Netherlands is formed by Pleistocene and Holocene age sediments as result of -fluvial, eolian and marine sedimentation. Eolian dunes characterise the North Sea coast, a horseshoe-shaped moraine forms the Utrecht Hill Ridge (Dutch: Utrechtse Heuvelrug) and the river influence is still visible all over the Netherlands.
The flood-threatened area of the Netherlands is essentially an alluvial plain, built up from sediment left by thousands of years of flooding by rivers and the sea. [2] About 2,000 years ago most of the Netherlands was covered by extensive peat swamps.
For botanists and ecologists, the term peatland is a general term for any terrain dominated by peat to a depth of at least 30 cm (12 in), even if it has been completely drained (i.e., a peatland can be dry).
A peat lake near Griendtsveen A barn roof with vegetation typical of the region Sunset in De Peel, North Brabant, Netherlands Peel area on a map by Guillaume Delisle, ca. 1743. De Peel is a region in the southeast of the Netherlands that straddles the border between the provinces of North Brabant and Limburg.
The Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency published a map of surface water bodies in the Netherlands in 2010. [1] The map distinguishes over 20 different types of water bodies, including those with salty, brackish and fresh water. These water bodies encompass natural and artificial lakes of varying sizes, peat puddles and fens.
De Groote Peel National Park is a national park in De Peel, a region in the southeast of the Netherlands on the border between the provinces of Limburg and North Brabant.It has a size of 13.4 km 2 and preserves a peat bog that has remained partly untouched by peat cutting, which used to be extensive in the area.
The Netherlands has a coastline that is constantly changing with erosion caused by wind and water. The Dutch people inhabiting the region had at first built primitive dikes to protect their settlements from the sea. [1] In the northern parts of the Netherlands sea levels fell exposing new land at a rate of 5–10 meters per year between 500 BC ...