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Netherlands Data . By Ma’at Peart. Table of Contents. Bikes Most Popular Flower Dikes Foods Online Resources. Land Climate Clog Shoes Windmills Major Holiday. Land. The Netherlands is located in Europe. It has a few hills, flat lands, and no mountains.
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Netherlands Data By Ma’at Peart
Table of Contents • Bikes • Most Popular Flower • Dikes • Foods • Online Resources • Land • Climate • Clog Shoes • Windmills • Major Holiday
Land • The Netherlands is located in Europe. • It has a few hills, flat lands, and no mountains. • The land is made of clay which makes it good for farming. • Nether stands for low and the land is below sea level. Home
Climate • The Netherlands has cool weather. • It rains a lot. • Rain causes floods • The Dutch built dikes which are big walls located along the sea. • They stopped water from getting into low lands. Home
Clog Shoes • The Dutch use clog shoes to walk on the damp and wet land. • They are wooden and hard with round tips. Home
Windmills • The Dutch used windmills to dry the land. • They put scoop wheels on some of their windmills. • When the wind turned the blades, the scoop wheel moved. • As the wheel moved, it took water from the land. Dutch windmill built in 1862. Home
Bikes • Bikes are the most popular form of transportation. • Kids as young as 3&4 learn how to ride bikes. Home
Most Popular Flower • Tulips are the most popular flower. • They come in 4 different colors: red, yellow, white, and pink. • Sometimes they are mixed. Home
Dikes • Dikes are big walls placed on damp land to help prevent water from flooding over the land. • Dikes are heavy and big. Home
Foods • The Dutch eat everything New Yorkers eat. Home
Online Resources • L.J. Slaski. L.J. Bear Goes to Holland • http://www.ljbear.com/Holland/Page_2.html • Windmills of the Netherlands • http://www.windmillworld.com/europe/netherlands.htm • Image of Dutch Windmill from 1862 • http://climatelab.org/Wind_Power • Image of Food Dish • http://www.qffintl.com/pdf/july_2008/seafood4.cfm • Image of Tulips • http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/view-image.php?image=467 Home