high water mark - Tiel - The Netherlands
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eikenboom
N 51° 53.183 E 005° 26.420
31U E 667942 N 5751216
1995 high water mark for the river Rhine
Waymark Code: WMB0X8
Location: Gelderland, Netherlands
Date Posted: 03/21/2011
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This high water mark reminisces the 1995 high water in the river Rhine in its branch locally called Waal. During this period, the risk of flooding was so high, that 250,000 people were forced to evacuate the area between the rivers Rhine and Meuse. Most of these people found refuge with family or friends elsewhere in the country, we had a cousin stay with us for a week.
During this period, CNN started its report on the high water with the famous words: "There is real threat of flooding in The Netherlands. Half the country is below sea level", suggesting that half the population was at risk, but this definitely was not true.
The mark itself is at an opening in a protecting a wall which can be closed when there is a risk of high water.
Natural or man made event?: Natural
What type of marker?: wal plaque
When did this occur?: January 1995
Website related to the event..: [Web Link]
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Visit Instructions:
A picture showing the level along with any markers telling of what had occurred can be used. Better yet would be a picture of you or someone standing next to the high level mark, that would show if you would have been just wading or completely submersed.