Using four or more complete sentences, discuss the use of polders and di kes in the Netherlands.

Historically, the Netherlands, a European country built mostly on river deltas, has used river and sea barriers to make its flood-prone and below sea level land usable. But that alone has proven insufficient to keep back floods.

The use of polders (Poldering) is very important to the Netherlands, the country would barely exist without it.

Using polders and dices is the Netherland's effort to combat the effects of global warming and accompanying sea level rise that are threatening many of the world's lowland areas.

The Frisians, the people who first settled the Netherlands, built terpen, which were low man-made hills upon which villages and farmhouses were built. Later, the terpen were connected to one another by dices.

Once dices were in made, the people began draining wetlands for agricultural use. By the 13th century, windmills were used to pump water out of the areas below sea level, creating the Netherlands' famous polders.

Explanation:

Poldering is so important the Netherlands would barely exist without it. The problem with poldering is that, because the polders lie below the surrounding water levels, water invariably seeps back under the dices. As a result, the water must be pumped by windmill or electricity more or less continuously into canals, which are found throughout poldered areas. The canals collect the water, which then flows or is pumped away to the sea.