Zuiderzee
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The Zuiderzee or Zuider Zee, historically called Lake Almere and Lake Flevo, was a shallow bay of the North Sea in the northwest of the Netherlands. It extended about 100 km inland and at most 50 km w
The present-day Netherlands c. 500 BC.
The present-day Netherlands c. 50 AD.
The present-day Netherlands c. 800 AD. At that time, the lake was called Almere.
Afsluitdijk
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The Afsluitdijk is a major dam and causeway in the Netherlands. It was constructed between 1927 and 1932 and runs from Den Oever in North Holland province to the village of Zurich in Friesland provinc
Zuiderzee
…North Sea). It is generally acknowledged that the Zuiderzee existed from roughly 1170, following the devastating All Saints' Flood, until 1932, when the Afsluitdijk was completed. The majority of the Zuiderzee was closed off from the North Sea, leaving the mouth of the inlet to become part of the Wadden Sea. The…
Afsluitdijk in red
Afsluitdijk with the Wadden Sea (a part of the North Sea) on the left and the IJsselmeer on the right
Closing the last gap 'De Vlieter' in 1932
Observation tower as seen from pedestrian bridge