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What started as a joke about creating an artificial mountain in the utterly flat Netherlands may actually be feasible.

Cyclist-cum-Journalist Thijs Zonneveld proposed the idea on August 5 in which he laughingly urged his countrymen to create their own mountain, Reuters reported.

Surprisingly, the country seemed to take it seriously.

The artificial mountain Zonneveld proposed is 5 km wide and between 1 and 2 km in height.

He has yet to figure out exactly how the Dutch mountain would be designed and built, including the location, material and cost.

The highest natural ground in the Netherlands is at Vaalserberg, with an altitude of just 323 meters. （點擊路透社網站查看原文）

人造山峰或現身荷蘭

???????在低洼平坦的荷蘭人造一座山峰開始聽起來像是笑話，不過也許真的可以實現。

???????據英國路透社報道，荷蘭自行車手出身的記者戴斯·宗尼維爾特8月5日提出了這個想法，以開玩笑的方式呼吁荷蘭同胞人造一座山。

???????意想不到的是，該國看起來在很認真地考慮這個問題。

???????根據宗尼維爾特的想法，這座山有5公里寬，高度在1000至2000米之間。

???????他還不知道這座“荷蘭山”將如何設計和建造，包括位置、建筑材料以及建造費用。

???????荷蘭最高的自然景觀位于瓦爾斯堡山，海拔只有323米。

(China.org.cn September 6, 2011)