The Elster Buitenwaarden along the Lower Rhine near Elst, the Elster Buiteneaard is connected to the Willem III Plantation on the Utrechtse Heuvelrug by means of an ecoduct (right). In the floodplain channels, marshlands and flowery meadows are being developed..© 19 okt 2018 Marco van Middelkoop/Aerophoto-Schiphol