SSC
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Drain water from low lying coastal areas to create polders.
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Provide wind relief because of the Netherlands’ hot arid climate.
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Supply power for the prosperous flower industry.
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Cut wood from the deforestation in the Tropical Rainforest in the Netherlands.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Polder is a Dutch word originally meaning silted-up land or earthen wall, and generally used to designate a piece of land reclaimed from the sea or from inland water. It is used for a drained marsh, a reclaimed coastal zone, or a lake dried out by pumping.
Detailed explanation-2: -From steam to electricity and diesel, and currently by a computer-operated system of pumping stations, the Kinderdijk mills got help from ever-better pumps to keep draining the rising water from the polder. At low river levels, the sluices open up, and the pumps expel the water into the river.
Detailed explanation-3: -Polder dikes The low-lying Netherlands consists largely of polders: contiguous areas where the water is artificially managed. If the water is not pumped out, then the polder will be flooded. Dikes play a crucial role in water management in the polder.