Around the world · Drawing 14 of 32
The Windmills of Kinderdijk
Netherlands · Europe
At Kinderdijk, tall windmills stand beside canals. Wind turns their sails and helps move water out of low-lying land. Otherwise, the land would often flood.
Did you know?
These mills drained water rather than grinding grain.
Look together
Why does water need to be drained from this low land?
An idea to try
Draw a windmill with four sails around one centre.
For the adult reading along
A little more to discover
The Kinderdijk-Elshout network shows the work involved in managing water in the Netherlands. Windmills, canals and other structures formed a drainage system. The two mills in this drawing suggest that landscape without reproducing the whole network.
Sources and illustration notes (1)
Simplified interpretation for colouring. Settings and people may be composed; details, distances and proportions are not a measured record of the place. The map dot gives only an approximate location.
These links lead to other websites. Explore them with an adult. References identify the institution and the related lesson; some linked pages are in French.
- UNESCO: Mill Network at Kinderdijk-ElshoutPlace, landscape or monument and the factual explanation on this page.
Page prepared on October 3, 2026. Illustrations are simplified for colouring.
This drawing is from the book Around the World to Colour
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