Last week, I took a ride through the dunes adjacent to the Hague, looking for the next plein air painting site. The dunes are the natural barrier between the North Sea and the flat farmland/low-lying areas of Holland, providing protection from flooding and the winter storms. The area in which I biked is protected by the Hague's local water authority, and is the regional water supply. Rainfall infiltrates the sand in the dunes, and the resulting aquifer is the city's water supply reservoir, and the sand cleans and filters the water. These pictures are all taken along the beach adjacent to the dunes, and in the protected watershed for the city. The second picture shows a WW2 era bunker along the beach near Scheveningen.
2 comments:
That fourth picture of what looks like a cobblestone path looks inviting. Perfect for a cyclocross race !
Nice to see what the ocean areas look like. Curious about the water supply - doesn't have a high salt water table?
I thought it was just rainfall, but Tamara tells me that they pump water from the Maas river into the dunes where it infiltrates and prevents saltwater intrusion. Saltwater intrusion has occurred in some places.
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