Beaver dam in the Ardennes
by Alexis Merlaud, Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, Brussels, Belgium
A beaver dam in the Belgian Ardennes, on an affuent of the Ourthe river. The beaver had almost completely disappeared in Belgium but its population started to grow again in the 90s, following several reintroductions. The population is now estimated around 1000 individuals.
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- Europe (3707)
- Western Europe (743)
- Belgium (18)
- Exact location (5.5302 E, 50.1832 N)
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Olympus E-M5
Taken on 16
July
2016
Submitted on 17 February 2017
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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0)
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Alexis Merlaud (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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