Venice: High Water 2 by sandra46

Photography • Architecture • posted on Mar 01, 2014

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High water depends on the tide cycle (the alternation of high and low tides happens every 6 hours): when there is "acqua alta" on the streets this lasts only a few hours during the peak of the high tide (usually 3 to 4 hours). Once water goes down again, things go back to normality. High waters may occur in autumn or winter seasons and are most likely to happen in November and December. Exceptional high tides (>= 140 cm) statistically occur only once every 4 years. here you can see how Venetians cope with high water: they put metal barriers to doors and windows too close to water, also to protect them from the waves caused by boat traffic. The phenomenon of high water is caused by a cycle of periodic inflow/outflow of sea water as well as the presence (before the Republic made huge works) of river mouths, especially the delta of the Brenta. The inflow/outflow cycles last 2-3 (sometimes 4-5) centuries each. Unfortunately we are currently living in an inflow cycle. The lagoon is full of islands and small towns, grown during an outflow cycle and then submerged by the water. I'll speak of it in the next post. Thanks for your kind comments.

Comments (37)

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CarolusB

11:07AM | Sat, 01 March 2014

my feet feel wet just looking at this picture :-)) - excellent!

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X-PaX

11:14AM | Sat, 01 March 2014

Very nice capture.

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Radar_rad-dude

11:44AM | Sat, 01 March 2014

Very interesting information and wonderful photo, Sandra! Fascinating!

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Leije

11:44AM | Sat, 01 March 2014

Great color contrast between the yellow wall and the water, gorgeous capture ! The barriers are amazing....

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ia-du-lin

11:48AM | Sat, 01 March 2014

wonderful capture, great colors

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Jean_C

11:49AM | Sat, 01 March 2014

Fantastic contrast of colors between wall and water, superb door and window too, a wonderful capture!

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durleybeachbum

11:53AM | Sat, 01 March 2014

Most interesting infp, and a truly stunning photo!

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Diemamker

11:53AM | Sat, 01 March 2014

Interesting!!... a little more water and they may be in for some trouble there... great shot!!

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bebopdlx

12:10PM | Sat, 01 March 2014

Always an amazing place.

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jayfar

12:33PM | Sat, 01 March 2014

A lovely shot and a super description of what goes on.

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Faemike55

1:12PM | Sat, 01 March 2014

Fantastic photo and cool information

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bazza

3:02PM | Sat, 01 March 2014

If its up to the windows the doors must have water going inside. They must have found a way to waterproof the mortar and bricks because I know over here stopping water getting through the porous concrete/brick or plaster requires a major sealing job at times, we live in a flat that the bedroom was below ground in parts and when it rains heavily the water seeped through the blockwork even though the outside of the walls had been sealed bitumen sealant.

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magnus073

3:28PM | Sat, 01 March 2014

Sandra, this was another marvelous post that was very informative. I've had so many questions about how they dealt with the water level as well as rising tides, and these most recent presentations are answering them quite well. I truly am fascinated by this series and am grateful for you to taking the time to explain it so well.

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