Human activity, Water Management

Aflaj irrigation system
Aflaj are complete irrigation systems for a settlement. For this WHS, five were chosen to represent some 3,000 still functioning systems in Oman.
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Curonian Spit
The Curonian Spit is a 98 km long, thin, curved sand dune peninsula that separates the Curonian Lagoon from the Baltic Sea.
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Droogmakerij de Beemster
The Droogmakerij - or Polder - Beemster was constructed in 1612. It was one of the first experiments in Holland in reclaiming agricultural grounds from the water.
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Ir. D.F. Woudagemaal
The Woudagemaal (Pumping Station) is the largest steam-pumping station ever built and is still in operation.
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Kinderdijk
The World Heritage Committee decided to inscribe this site because the Kinderdijk-Elshout mill network is an outstanding man-made landscape that bears powerful testimony to human ingenuity and fortitude over nearly a millennium in draining and protecting an area by the development and application of hydraulic technology.
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Mount Qingcheng and the Dujiangyan Irrigation System
Mount Qingcheng and the Dujiang Irrigation System are two separate sites located in the Sichuan province of southwest China.
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Schokland
Schokland is symbolic for the unrivalled struggle the people of the Netherlands have waged against water.
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