Markermeer
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The Markermeer is a 700 km2 lake in the central Netherlands in between North Holland, Flevoland, and its smaller and larger neighbors, the IJmeer and IJsselmeer. A shallow lake at 3 to 5 m in depth, m
Houtribdijk - a dam between IJsselmeer and Markermeer
Zuiderzee Works
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The Zuiderzee Works is a system of dams and dikes, land reclamation and water drainage work, which was the largest hydraulic engineering project undertaken by the Netherlands during the twentieth cent
Markermeer
…the freshwater IJsselmeer. The following years saw the reclamation of extensive tracts of land as large polders in an enormous project known as the Zuiderzee Works. One of these, the Markerwaard, was to occupy the area of the current Markermeer. Part of the construction of this polder was building the Houtribdijk…
The 32 km Afsluitdijk separates the IJsselmeer (right) from the Wadden Sea (left), protecting thousands of km2 of land.
Statue of Cornelis Lely on the Afsluitdijk
Construction of the Afsluitdijk
Flooding of the Wieringermeer following damage to the dykes during World War II