Caption

Bottrop, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Renaturalised Boye, the tributary of the Emscher, has been transformed into a near-natural watercourse, flood protection through newly designed flooding areas, the Boye is now free of wastewater following the construction of a parallel sewer, is part of the Emscher river system and thus part of the Emscher conversion, was previously an open, above-ground wastewater channel, mixed water channel with surface water and wastewater. Wind turbine on the Mottbruch spoil tip at the back, Europe

Date

Jul 28, 2023

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Rupert Oberhäuser

Reference

BRK25B72_084

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No

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Rights managed

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126.8Mb (11.3Mb) / 27.2in x 18.1in / 8151 x 5437 (300dpi)

Keywords

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