In the Netherlands, a water board, water council or water authority (Dutch: waterschap or heemraadschap) is a regional governing body solely charged with...

located below mean sea level. The Netherlands has a coastline that is constantly changing with erosion caused by wind and water. The Dutch people inhabiting...

range from flood control and water resources management at the regional or local level (the Netherlands, Germany), water charging and financing at the...

General's Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation on 12 December 2006. On 10 October 2010, Willem-Alexander and Máxima went to the Netherlands Antilles' capital...

The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country located in Northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the...

General Water Board Party (Dutch: Algemene Waterschapspartij, AWP) is a political party in the Netherlands that focuses exclusively on water board politics...

subdivided into 21 water districts, governed by a water board (waterschap or hoogheemraadschap), each having authority in matters concerning water management...

Water Natuurlijk (lit. 'Water Naturally' or 'Water Of Course') is a political party in the Netherlands that focuses exclusively on water board politics...

Flood control is an important issue for the Netherlands, as due to its low elevation, approximately two thirds of its area is vulnerable to flooding,...

Water supply and sanitation in the Netherlands is provided in good quality and at a reasonable price to the entire population. Water consumption is one...

relating to water supply and sewerage, thereby transferring the property, powers and obligations from the Municipal Council to the Board of Water Supply and...

Water board elections were held in the European Netherlands on 15 March 2023 to elect 518 of the 602 resident members of the country's water boards. As...

Hoofddorp. The Netherlands Aviation Safety Board, during its existence, had its head office in Hoofddorp. The Dutch Transport Safety Board, the successor...

history of the Netherlands Military ranks of the Dutch armed forces Politics in the Netherlands Provincial politics in the Netherlands Water board Municipal...

Water board elections were held in the European Netherlands on 20 March 2019 to elect the resident members of the country's twenty-one water boards (442...

Meuse. Two thirds of all inland water freight shipping within the EU, and 40% of containers, pass through the Netherlands. Additionally, the port of Amsterdam...

the Netherlands. It is based in The Hague. The DSB was created in 2005 after the Enschede fireworks disaster and the Volendam café fire. The board was...

Board of Health, nineteenth-century UK local government body General board (Dutch water boards), Netherlands water administrative body General Board of...

municipalities and water authorities". government.nl. Government of the Netherlands. Retrieved 3 April 2013. OECD E-Government Studies: Netherlands 2007. Paris:...

Helena Pauline Maria; 31 August 1880 – 28 November 1962) was Queen of the Netherlands from 1890 until her abdication in 1948. She reigned for nearly 58 years...

in the west of the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Haarlemmermeer is a polder, consisting of land reclaimed from water. The name Haarlemmermeer...

geographical region and former province on the western coast of the Netherlands. From the 10th to the 16th century, Holland proper was a unified political...

(also called biocremation, resomation, flameless cremation, aquamation or water cremation) is a process for the disposal of human and pet remains using...

province, a municipality or a water board. These types of political entities are defined by the Constitution of the Netherlands. In addition, Article 134...

The Royal Netherlands Navy (Dutch: Koninklijke Marine) is the maritime service branch of the Netherlands Armed Forces. It was founded on 8 January 1488...

in India, He made his World Cup debut on 6 October 2023 against the Netherlands in which he scored 68 runs in 52 balls, and received man of the match...

pronunciation: [ˈɣitɦoːr(ə)n]) is a village in the province of Overijssel, Netherlands, with a population of 2,795 in 2020. It is located in the municipality...

exonym Zealand) is the westernmost and least populous province of the Netherlands. The province, located in the southwest of the country, borders North...

The Shape of Water and the 2015 short film "The Space Between Us", the latter of which was created as a student project at the Netherlands Film Academy...

waves. Ports are often on estuaries, where the water may be shallow and may need regular dredging. Deep water ports such as Milford Haven are less common...