PickVidsIf these pumps ever stop, part of Germany floods.
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covered well in Tom Scott videos
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What it covers
Tom Scott explains how decades of deep coal mining sank parts of Germany's Ruhr Valley and changed its drainage. Pumps run by Emschergenossenschaft must now work permanently. It is for a general viewer who does not plan to take a prerequisite first.
Video details
- Channel
- Tom Scott
- Length
- 4 min 19 sec
- Year
- 2020
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