18.10.2025, Germany, Castrop-Rauxel, North Rhine-Westphalia - Autumn on the renaturalised Emscher, EMSCHERLAND adventure park, a new nature and water adventure park on the renaturalised Emscher, at the water junction of the Emscher with the Rhine-Herne Canal on the city border between Recklinghausen and Castrop-Rauxel. Flood protection through expansion of the area. The ecological focus at the confluence of the Suderwicher Bach and Emscher rivers will also become a future garden for the International Garden Exhibition IGA 2027. Before its renaturation, the Emscher river system was an open, above-ground sewage canal, a mixed water canal with surface water and wastewater. In the background on the right is the new bridge ëSprung ueber die Emscherí (Leap over the Emscher). On the horizon is the Datteln 4 power station. 00X251018D004CAROEX.JPG [MODEL RELEASE: NO, PROPERTY RELEASE: NO (c) caro images / Oberhaeuser, http://www.caro-images.com, [email protected] - In case of using the picture for any purpose, please contact the agency - the picture is subject to royalty!]