polder

typical Dutch polder, flat lands, here grass for cows and corn, in the distance on the right trees lining the path I take to walk into the woods; I'm standing on a dike along a so-called vliet; there are several names for canals in Holland...

.....the water in the foreground is a vliet...

..and the water flowing into the horizon is called a 'sloot'
a vliet is wider than a sloot and what we call a canal is wider still and deeper.
In the far background standing next to the sloot are Fresian cows, the black and white variety. I'll see if I can take a picture of them some time soon.