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plains in the central part of the
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is quite often a person's name or is simply describing the environmental features of the settlement (e.g.
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were made, floodwater interfered with daily life. These can be found especially in the region
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were built to "curb natural influences" such as floods by being a part of a network of
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up to 15 metres (49 ft) high to be safe from the floods in periods of
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somewhere around 1200. During the 18th and 19th centuries, many
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terp during a storm tide"; a dramatic 1906 illustration
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752:Literature
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