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
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
Wonders of the World
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Various lists of the Wonders of the World have been compiled from antiquity to the present day, in order to catalogue the world's most spectacular natural features and human-built structures.
Zuiderzee Works
…Zuiderzeewerken. The American Society of Civil Engineers declared the works, together with the Delta Works in the South-West of the Netherlands, as among the Seven Wonders of the Modern World. The Low Countries have low flat topography, with half the land area below or less than 1 m (3 ft 3 in) above sea level, and have for centuries been…
The Great Pyramid of Giza, the only wonder of the ancient world still in existence
CN Tower in Toronto, Canada
Old City of Jerusalem
Victoria Falls