Abstract
The river Rhine has a length of about 1,230 km and drains an area of about 220,000 km2 (Fig. 1). In The Netherlands river water is sluiced from the river branches into the low-lying polder areas in order to water the growing crops in summer and to flush the canals which tend to become brackish due to seepage. Thus about 60% of The Netherlands is influenced by Rhine water.
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Wolff, W.J. (1978). The Degradation of Ecosystems in the Rhine. In: Holdgate, M.W., Woodman, M.J. (eds) The Breakdown and Restoration of Ecosystems. NATO Conference Series, vol 3. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-4012-6_14
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