I Am Dutch

Also interesting about our history (and geography) is that we 'conquered' land from the water. The Netherlands or 'Low Lands' (in Spanish: Países Bajos) lies in a delta of rivers, you can compare it with Bangladesh or the Egyptian Nyle-delta. With dams and dykes and drainage (with sluices and windmills) we made the land dry. One problem remains: with to much drainage the land sinks lower, because the peatground subsidies (dries out and gets more compact).