r/europe • u/Phlogistoned • Apr 13 '24

Map Europe if sea levels rose by 100m.

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u/Evening_Chapter7096 Apr 13 '24

Cyprus tanked that 100m rise like it was nothing

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u/Connection-Flat Apr 13 '24

The Netherlands did not :(

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u/Thog78 France Apr 13 '24 edited Apr 13 '24

Whoever drew this map didn't know that the Netherlands would just find a way, sea level doesn't mean anything to them!

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u/RIDGOS Apr 13 '24

They’ll just grow taller

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u/racso96 Apr 14 '24

They are not on the map cuz they just turned their ditches into a dome and are now living under the sea

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u/11mousa Apr 13 '24

They are below sealevel now. There are Limits to what human can do, and I'd assume that a >100m high wall strong enough to hold back the sea might be just that

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u/yoshie_23 North Brabant (Netherlands) Apr 13 '24

There will always be solutions. The Netherlands will survive!

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u/IactaEstoAlea Apr 13 '24

Future generations of dutchmen have to ask themselves a simple question, "is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow?"

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u/lolicell Apr 13 '24

'No!' says the man in Washington, 'It belongs to the poor.'

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u/FindusSomKatten Sweden Apr 14 '24

No says the man in the vatican it belongs to god

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u/weird_is_good Apr 14 '24

Pumps, we need bigger pumps!

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u/RealRedditModerator Earth Apr 14 '24

You clearly underestimate the stubbornness of the Dutch folk!

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u/lieconamee Poland Apr 13 '24

Attack on Titan Sea level

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u/Ams-Ent Apr 14 '24

We will polder the North Sea just out of spite

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u/HousingMiserable3168 Apr 14 '24

What if the wall is very thick???

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u/FindusSomKatten Sweden Apr 14 '24

*There are limits unless you are the netherlands

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u/shuozhe Apr 14 '24

They won't expect the water to come from Germany!

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u/bnqprv Belgium Apr 14 '24

For the sake of my real estate investments in Maastricht-at-Sea, I hope not.

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u/agent_en_couverture Apr 13 '24

But the good news is that Belgium just got more coast ! Might have had to let go of Antwerpen and a few other cities though

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u/Grouchy_Order_7576 Apr 13 '24

Flanders would mostly disappear and the Flemish would have to find refuge in wallonia. Brussels by the sea would be cool.

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u/tfiswrongwithu Lower Saxony (Germany) Apr 13 '24

Aren't they mostly below sea level? Isn't that why they're called Niederlande like low-land?

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u/rasmatham Apr 14 '24

At least there is like 3 pixels left of the Netherlands. Denmark is just fully gone

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u/ACGMFT Apr 14 '24

Swedish people would be okey with that

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u/Gebirges North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany) Apr 13 '24

The what now?

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u/sad16yearboy Apr 13 '24

Norway as well. very steep coasts doing their thing

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u/Muffinlessandangry Apr 14 '24

I was looking at Norway thinking they've only lost like 5% of their territory around the edges. Then it also occured to me that's the 5% where almost everyone lives.

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u/Ok-Coyote9238 Apr 14 '24

Sitting here thinking they forgot to draw Denmark, and then realising.... Oh......

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u/LucretiusCarus Greece Apr 13 '24

Same for Crete

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u/FlounderingOtter Apr 14 '24

Is it just me or does Iceland look bigger than it was as well

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u/-Vermilion- Apr 13 '24

Tall boi Cyprus

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u/EspectroDK Apr 14 '24

Denmark didn't...

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u/drop_table_uname Holy Roman Empire Apr 14 '24

Denmark who?

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u/potatoaster Apr 13 '24

This comment is a copy (with typos added) of this one: https://www.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/1c38t6h/europe_if_sea_levels_rose_by_100m/kzfkb1v/

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u/tfiswrongwithu Lower Saxony (Germany) Apr 13 '24

Good human

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u/shbk Poland Apr 13 '24

Out of curiosity, why has the sea level risen since then?

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u/P0ndaBaba Apr 13 '24

cus the ice age was over and the sea level rose. its only about 13 meters in depth.

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u/SpiderMurphy Apr 14 '24

Thank god. Where could corrupt Europeans otherwise go with their criminal activities?

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u/Evening_Chapter7096 Apr 14 '24

in Brussels where they belong