Keywords
the Netherlands
storm damage
storm damage mitigation
storm damage
storm damage mitigation
How to Cite
Wemelsfelder, P. J. (1953). THE DISASTER IN THE NETHERLANDS CAUSED BY THE STORM FLOOD OF FEBRUARY 1, 1953. Coastal Engineering Proceedings, 1(4), 18. https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v4.18
Abstract
It will be useful to show first a sketch of the situation of our low lying area with regard to the North Sea (Fig. 1). We might idealize the North Sea in the shape of a rectangular pocket, nearly 400 miles wide and 500 miles long, open to the Atlantic in the line Duncansby (Scotland) - Bergen (Norway). For its size the North Sea is relatively shallow. The depth is of the order of magnitude of 60 m. The funnel-like Southern part, between England and the Netherlands, is not more than 40 m deep. The average width of this part is 250 miles.
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