Toine, Very pretty stuff. An overwhelming gallery! Regards, Bob S. On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 5:39 PM, Toine <jack.isid...@gmail.com> wrote: > Just for fun I created a gallery of the region. > > http://www.repiuk.nl/strijperaa/ > > Toine > > > > On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 9:48 PM, Bob W <p...@web-options.com> wrote: >>> It's the official cartographic start of a small river (a stream, creek >>> or brook I don't know the difference) in dutch "beek". >> >> The cognate English word is probably 'beck'. >> >> Whether something is called a stream, creek, brook, beck or whatever else is >> available is probably a geohistoricolinguistic accident. I think they all >> mean the same thing. >> >> It's a very interesting set of pictures and I can understand the appeal of >> the location. One of my favourite parts of Britain is the North Kent Marshes >> - salt marsh at the estuary of the Thames - also very flat. Particularly >> bleak and appealing in winter. >> >> Bob >> >> >>> Thanks for all your nice comments. Some wondered where and >>> what this is: >>> It's the official cartographic start of a small river (a stream, creek >>> or brook I don't know the difference) in dutch "beek". The whole >>> region is called a "beekdal" or stream valley. >>> >>> http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=51.311757,5.536637&spn=0.01 >>> 9931,0.0315&z=15 >>> >>> Since this is the netherlands everything is flat and a valley is only >>> a few meters difference. The region isn't even a proper "wetland" they >>> installed small water gates to keep the water level in the area high >>> enough for a wetland. >>> Most of the dutch nature is mixed with farmland and worse with lots of >>> cattle and pig breeding, The pig population outnumbers the human >>> population. The resulting manure is used to fertilize the land, since >>> the soil is mainly sand the manure seeps through. >>> What you see is the smelly result captured by the water gate. >>> >>> The good news is I like these pictures and the forest and wetland >>> surrounding this smelly water gate is my favorite foraging spot. >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. >
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