Caption

Bottrop, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Renaturalised Boye, the tributary of the Emscher, is being transformed into a near-natural watercourse, flood protection through newly designed flooding areas, the Boye is now free of wastewater after 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. Here gabions, stone baskets for bank stabilisation

Date

May 10, 2022

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Rupert Oberhäuser

Reference

BRK26C65_108

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No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

128.1Mb (10.4Mb) / 27.3in x 18.2in / 8192 x 5464 (300dpi)

Keywords

parallel deserted new excavator construction site modification construction wall machine vehicle flood vegetation water river wetland body of water climate meadow biotope ecological conservation environment protection global warming season nature Ruhr district North Rhine-Westphalia German flora Europe construction work climate protection open climate change stonewall natural riverbed river bank design waterway landscape construction machine ecofriendly flooded construction industry european sewage renaturation burden River landscape contamination Germany sewerage excavation flood control seminatural renaturated overground travel photography Gabion Bottrop contaminated Emscher river course natural environment wetland landscape Central Europe climate crisis meadow landscape Sewer Wast water Shoreline stabilization floodplain River system Tributary Surface water wastewater-free Emscher conversion no one newly digger building site alteration Construction site maschinery car flooding waterfront wet land waters lawn nature protection environmental protection open air Ruhr area NRW plant life climate control opened stone wall original river bed shore designed canal scenery Construction machinery eco-friendly effluent stress riverine landscape pollution German Federal Republic sewerage system flood protection semi-natural renaturalised above-ground dirty course of a river natural surrounding Middle Europe grassland landscape Wast water channel Dirty water Bank reinforcement flood plain No People dredger construction area conversion high water wetland biotope field environmental conservation Ruhr Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia watershore remodeled water canal countryside environmentally friendly wastewater river scenery polluting Republic of Germany flood prevention close to nature polluted Wastewater Seawall nobody backhoe floodwater Ruhr region North-Rhine Westphalia channel landscape photo Environmental friendly Riverscape FRG near-natural uninhabited Ruhrgebiet empty excavators construction sites modifications constructions walls machines vehicles floods vegetations rivers wetlands climates meadows biotopes seasons construction works stonewalls riverbeds river banks waterways landscapes construction machines construction industries sewages burdens River landscapes contaminations sewerages excavations Gabions floodplains Tributaries building sites stone walls originally shores canals sceneries Construction machineries effluents riverine landscapes Bank stabilisation watershores water canals Waste water river sceneries BRD construction ground construction grounds water flood water body Water area open water Grass field Europe's building banks of River view sewer flood water control course of the river water shore landscape photograph landscape shot