Geopark Gooi and Vecht a Future Dutch Geopark with Outstanding Natural and Cultural Heritage
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Geopark Gooi and Vecht A future Dutch geopark with outstanding natural and cultural heritage Delimitation of the Geopark Gooi and Vecht Main characteristics Geological map A dry Pleistocene peninsula with ice-pushed ridges in the wet, low-lying Holocene coastal area of the Netherlands. GEOPARK Landscapes with highly varied hydrology, water management and coastal defence. A rich cultural heritage, including 3 UNESCO World heritage sites Above sea level (Zonnestraal, Defence Line of Amsterdam, New Dutch Water Line). Below sea level Based on citizen initiatives: - early recognition and protection as unique nature and landscape - foundation of several Dutch nature conservation organizations (Natuurmonumenten – 1905; Goois Natuurreservaat – 1932). A complex landscape and Geosite Aalberg (6) its geosites in layers Natural cliff coast of the former Zuiderzee, where wave-cut ice-pushed ridge current- Major landscape units = Geosite ly faces the freshwater inland lake Gooi- Pleistocene ice-pushed ridges meer. Inland: Traditional land use pattern Pleistocene fluvioglacial plains and fans (enk) with plaggen soils (dark brown). Eolian sands (dunes and plains) Lakes and marshes Landscapes and Peatlands Geosites River flood basins and levees Marine clays Dams and dikes Primary Regional Other/local Infiltration and extraction Groundwater flow Geosite Aetsveldsepolder (5) Water management: River Vecht with levees and basins, and un- dams and dikes Infiltration areas derlying older river and lake system. Relief reversal through drainage and oxidation/ compaction of peat. Geological monu- ment. Waterways No traffic allowed No motorized traffic Waterways Cultural heritage • State monuments • Archeological monuments Geosites Museum Hofland/ and protected areas Zuiderheide (26/27) • Archeological finds 12 Number of finds per area Geological museum near earliest urban settlement on top of ice-pushed ridge. Slope of meltwater valley with prehistoric Cultural heritage burial mounds (*) and drift sands. Drinking water production in the ridge. Natural heritage Protected areas Natura 2000 areas Nature reserves Geological reserves and monuments * Natural heritage: protected areas Partners: Municipality Inhabitants Surface Some background information Region Gooi and Vechtstreek, with municipalities: Blaricum, Bussum-Muiden-Naarden/Gooise per 1-1-2014 area ha Meren, Hilversum, Huizen, Laren, Weesp, Wijdemeren Province Noord-Holland Blaricum 9.094 1.558 Waternet (Regional drinking water and water management Board) Bussum 32.631 811 Geopark Gooi and Vecht is a citizen initiative Nature Reserve Gooi (GNR) Hilversum 86.426 4.625 State Forestry (SBB) Huizen 41.245 2.328 Nature Monuments (NM) Laren 10.862 1.238 National Park “Heel de Heuvelrug” Muiden 6.287 3.257 Leading organization: Regional farmer organizations Naarden 17.205 3.289 Universities of Amsterdam (UvA, VU) and Utrecht (UU) Weesp 18.172 2.188 Foundation for realization of Geopark Gooi and Vecht Wageningen University-Research (WUR-Alterra-LEI) Wijdemeren 23.187 7.655 Association “Friends of Het Gooi” Foundation “Between Vecht and Eem” Total 245.109 26.949 Foundation “Friends of the Vecht” Foundation “Environmental Education Gooi, Vecht and Eemregion” Website http://www.geoparkgooienvecht.eu Association for Nature and Environmental Education (IVN) The position of the Gooi and Vecht relative Region Gooi and Vecht: Archaeological Society Naerdincklant Produced by Singer Museum to Amsterdam, Almere and Utrecht: the 9 communities with a total of Jan van Arkel/IBED Geological Museum Hofland Metropole region Amsterdam about 250.000 inhabitants Application for recognition as EGN Geopark: 2017/2018 Association for Cultural Heritage “Heemschut”.