World Image Issue 32 May 2016

There are numerous streams and brooks in the
Ardennes. Sawe, Statte, Getzbach, Soor, Helle,
Ninlingspo, Polleur, Hoegne, Spohrbach, Steinbach,
Eisernbach to name a few.
There are even (origins of) rivers (Ambleve,
Berwinne, Ruhr) in these Ardennes. The French
names are from the western regions, the German
names are found in the Eastern regions.
This time we look at a few of these streams. Often
you have to plan your trip carefully, you must know
where you can cross these waters.
There are bridges, but in the past, some of the
bridges were washed away by the rising water after
the winter season.
You must know the second crossing point. The
bridges that will be up, are made of stone and
concrete. The next bridge is often quite a distance
away though…
Large parts of the Ardennes are being of have
already been stripped of trees. They were often firs,
these trees never liked the acid environment.
The Netherlands, Ardennes,
Part 3, streams and brooks.
By Paul Weijenberg
Second problem with all those trees: they drank all
the rain, left too little for the fresh water lakes that
are the source for drinking water in East Belgium.
When the trees were gone, sooner than expected, the
water came back and fed once again the streams,
ending in the lakes.
Some 10 years ago, this stream held so little water,
that you could easily step over it. It had no
significance for walks through this terrain.
Nowadays it is a real barrier.
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