Eider Barrage
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eider-barrage-264-16282037
title:
Eider Barrage
text:
The Eider Barrage is located at the mouth of the river Eider near Tönning on Germany's North Sea coast. Its main purpose is to protect against storm surges from the North Sea. It is Germany's largest coastal protection structure. It was also intended to contribute to economic recovery in the districts of Norderdithmarschen and Eiderstedt. Celebrated as a structure of the century, it was opened on 20 March 1973. Following the North Sea flood of 1962 which swept through Tönning, consideration was
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description:
Coastal protection structure in Germany
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eider_Barrage
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2024-02-16T10:20:14Z
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