Caption

Bottrop, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany - Autumn on the restored Boye, the tributary of the Emscher, was converted into a near-natural body of water, flood protection through redesigned flooding areas, the Boye is now wastewater-free after the construction of a parallel sewer, belongs to the Emscher river system and thus to the Emscher conversion, was previously an open, aboveground waste water channel, mixed water channel with surface water and waste water

Date

Oct 17, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Rupert Oberhäuser

Reference

BRK25L19_196

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No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

128,1Mb (12,3Mb) / 27,3in x 18,2in / 8192 x 5464 (300dpi)

Keywords

parallel color water level modification construction flood catastrophe destruction misfortune tree vegetation element water dike creek river wetland body of water meadow biotope environment protection rain nature Ruhr district North Rhine-Westphalia German flora yellow colorful Europe plain construction work open autumn natural riverbed river bank riverbank autumnal waterway landscape damage ecofriendly flooded european sewage renaturation rainy power industry destroyed burden River landscape contamination Germany flood control species conservation seminatural renaturated precipitation overground travel photography Bottrop contaminated Emscher course of a stream river course natural environment wetland landscape Central Europe meadow landscape Water channel Biodiversity floodplain Flood disaster River system Tributary Surface water wastewater-free Persistent rain Emscher conversion Sewer River renaturalisation Shire Floodplain development River dyke colour alteration Construction site flooding disaster waterfront dyke brook wet land waters lawn environmental protection open air Ruhr area NRW plant life colourful opened fall original river bed shore canal scenery eco-friendly high tide effluent rain-swept energy industry wrecked stress riverine landscape lowland pollution German Federal Republic flood protection species protection semi-natural renaturalised above-ground dirty stream course of a river natural surrounding Middle Europe grassland landscape species diversity flood plain Flood conversion high water embankment wetland biotope field environmental conservation Ruhr Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia coloured watershore riverside water canal countryside environmentally friendly wastewater bust river scenery polluting Republic of Germany flood prevention close to nature polluted floodwater little River Ruhr region North-Rhine Westphalia colored channel landscape shot Environmental friendly broken Riverscape FRG near-natural small river Ruhrgebiet Colourfully landscape photo damaged colorfully defective corrupted variegated multicoloured multi-coloured multi-colored different coloured colors water levels modifications constructions floods catastrophes destructions misfortunes trees vegetations elements dikes creeks rivers wetlands meadows biotopes plains construction works riverbeds river banks riverbanks Autumnally waterways landscapes damages sewages power industries burdens River landscapes contaminations raining precipitations floodplains Flood disasters Tributaries colours dykes brooks originally shores canals sceneries high tides effluents riverine landscapes lowlands Floods embankments watershores water canals Waste water river sceneries BRD Many-colored paint water flood water body Water area open water Grass field Europe's building Autumn Season fall season banks of landscape photograph River view rains flood water control course of course of the river water shore