Caption

Coastal protection, work on strengthening the dunes with brushwood fences, which are attached to the sand dunes with wooden posts, erosion caused by wind and water is thus slowed down, sand collects on the fine branches and thus strengthens the dune, near Westkapelle, Walcheren Peninsula in the Dutch province of Zeeland

Date

Feb 08, 2026

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Jochen Tack

Reference

BRK26B63_048

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No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

73.1Mb (4.7Mb) / 20.6in x 13.8in / 6192 x 4128 (300dpi)

Keywords

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