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.
IJsselmeer
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The IJsselmeer, also known as Lake IJssel in English, is a closed-off freshwater lake in the central Netherlands bordering the provinces of Flevoland, North Holland and Friesland. It covers an area of
Zuiderzee
…the North Sea, leaving the mouth of the inlet to become part of the Wadden Sea. The salt water inlet changed into a fresh water lake now called the IJsselmeer (IJssel Lake) after the river that drains into it, and by means of drainage and polders, an area of some 1,500 km2 (580 sq mi) was reclaimed as land…
Hindeloopen, view of the IJsselmeer
Traditional boat on the IJsselmeer
Frozen IJsselmeer, near lighthouse De Ven