The world’s biggest manmade wave

Scientists in the Netherlands have built a vast new machine that can create the world's largest artificial wave to put flood defences to the test.The new facility cost 26m Euros and took two years to build. It holds 9 million litres of water, pumped in from a reservoir at 1,000 litres a second.The waves are created by a 10m-high steel wall, that pushes the water back and forth.By making adjustments to this movement, waves can be made to order: from the choppy waters of stormy seas to a single tsunami surge.

Scientists in the Netherlands have built a vast new machine that can create the world’s largest artificial wave to put flood defences to the test.The new facility cost 26m Euros and took two years to build.

It holds 9 million litres of water, pumped in from a reservoir at 1,000 litres a second.The waves are created by a 10m-high steel wall, that pushes the water back and forth.By making adjustments to this movement, waves can be made to order: from the choppy waters of stormy seas to a single tsunami surge.

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