Caption

Dinslaken, Voerde, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany - New Emscher estuary into the Rhine. New construction of the railway bridge and restoration of the dykes after dyke erosion during the 2023 flood. Renaturalisation of the Emscher. Flood protection through land expansion. The mouth of the Emscher into the Rhine was moved almost 500 metres north from Dinslaken to Voerde. Fish can now swim up the new Emscher from the Rhine through a newly created floodplain area without any barriers. Following the construction of a parallel sewer, the Emscher has been completely free of sewage since January 2022. The river was previously an open, above-ground combined sewer with rainwater and wastewater

Date

Feb 19, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Rupert Oberhäuser

Reference

BRK25D77_242

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NA

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No

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Rights managed

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59,8Mb (4,9Mb) / 17,6in x 13,2in / 5280 x 3956 (300dpi)

Keywords

parallel View from above high-angle view top down view from above overhead top view top views Top angle elevated view bird's eye view birds eyes view Bird eye view bird view bird perspective top down bird's eye view high-angle shot deserted no one No People nobody uninhabited empty new newly meter meters metre metres excavator excavators digger dredger backhoe construction site construction sites building site building sites construction area new building new buildings new construction new constructions modification modifications alteration conversion railway bridge railway bridges rail bridge Railroad Bridge bridge bridges pont building buildings structure construction constructions machine machines maschinery railway track rail railway tracks railroad track rails railroad tracks track tracks boat boats barge barges Boat trip Boat trips ship ships vessel vehicle vehicles car flood floods flooding high water water flood floodwater flood floods vegetation vegetations water waters waterfront dike dikes dyke embankment embankments dykes delta river delta deltas river rivers wetland wetlands wet land wetland biotope waters water body body of water meadow meadows Grass field lawn field Pisces Fish wild animal wild animals animals in the wild Wildlife biotope biotopes animal animals nature open air Ruhr district Ruhr area Ruhr Ruhrgebiet Ruhr region North Rhine-Westphalia NRW Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia North-Rhine Westphalia Rhine German wildlife fauna flora flora plant life Europe Europe's construction work construction works building estuary estuaries river mouth river mouths confluence open opened natural original originally riverbed riverbeds river bed Aerial Aerials aerial view aerial shot aerial photography Aerial landscape aerial photograph aerial photo aerial photos flight photo flight photos flight shot flight shots from the sky from the air airshot river bank river banks shore shores watershore water shore watershores banks of waterfront riverbank river bank riverbanks riverside waterway waterways canal canals water canal water canals channel water treatment water purification water treatments landscape landscapes scenery sceneries landscape photograph countryside landscape shot landscape photo renovate renovating renovates construction machine construction machines Construction machinery Construction machineries flooded infrastructure infrastructures construction industry construction industries european sewage effluent wastewater sewages Waste water effluents inland navigation inland water transportation inland navigations IWT inland shipping five hundred 500 burden burdens stress repair repairs water animal water animals River landscape riverine landscape riverine landscapes River landscapes river scenery river sceneries Riverscape River view accessible barrier-free handicapped access disabled friendly disabled handicapped accessible water protection water protection contamination contaminations pollution polluting railway section railway sections train line train track renovation renovations restoration restorations renewal redevelopment restructuring restructurings overhaul refurbishment preparation preparations northern north Germany German Federal Republic Republic of Germany FRG BRD flood control flood control flood protection flood prevention flood water control marshland marshland marsh alluvium alluvial land alluvial railroad line railroad lines railroad track railway line railway track railway lines railway tracks railroad tracks looking down view down overground above-ground wildlife photography wildlife photography Voerde Dinslaken contaminated dirty polluted Emscher natural environment natural habitat habitat natural environments railway line railway lines course of a river river course course of the river wetland landscape meadow landscape Central Europe Middle Europe drone photography drone image drone shot photo with drone drone photograph drone recording drone photo drone photos drone view with a drone from a drone aerial drone meadow landscape grassland landscape Emscher sewer state sector Public services Services of general interest Wastewater treatment Emscher Estuary flood plain wetland floodplain floodplains Conversion work Conversion works River system wastewater-free Emscher conversion Sewer River renaturalisation River dyke Dike erosion