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IJsselmeer
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IJsselmeer (ī`səlmār'), shallow freshwater lake, NW Netherlands, bordering on the provinces of North Holland, Utrecht, Gelderland, Overijssel, and Friesland. It was formed from the old Zuider Zee Zuider Zee , former shallow inlet of the North Sea, c.80 mi (130 km) long, indenting NE Netherlands. In ancient times Lake Flevo, it was joined to the North Sea by a great flood in the 13th cent.
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 by the construction of a dam (completed 1932). The dam, 19 mi (31 km) long, has navigation locks and drainage sluices (which control the lake's level) and carries a roadway connecting North Holland with Friesland Friesland or Frisia , province (1994 pop. 607,000), c.1,325 sq mi (3,430 sq km), N Netherlands. Leeuwarden is the capital. The province includes several of the West Frisian Islands along the North Sea coast and borders on the IJsselmeer in the
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. The IJssel IJssel , river, 72 mi (116 km) long, branching from the Neder Rijn (Lower Rhine) River near Arnhem, E Netherlands, and flowing N into the IJsselmeer, near Kampen. The IJssel is connected to the Rhine and carries about one tenth of the Rhine's water.
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 River, from which the lake takes its name, is the chief feeder of the IJsselmeer. Considerable areas have been reclaimed from the former Zuider Zee since 1932. The largest of the reclaimed areas is the Northeast Polder (185 sq mi/479 sq km). Parts of the polders were flooded in World War II but have since been salvaged; five more, including the Zuidelijk and the Oostelijk, have been constructed. Amsterdam Amsterdam , city (1994 pop. 724,096), constitutional capital and largest city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, North Holland prov., W Netherlands, on the IJ, an inlet of the IJsselmeer.
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, located on the IJ, an inlet of the IJsselmeer, is the chief city on the lake. The IJsselmeer is an important freshwater fishing ground. Since 1937 pike, perch, and eels have replaced saltwater fish.

IJsselmeer

 English Lake Ijssel

Shallow freshwater lake, northern and central Netherlands. Fed by the IJssel River, it was formed from the southern part of the former Zuiderzee by a dam, which separates it from both the Waddenzee and the North Sea. It previously had a total area of 1,328 sq mi (3,440 sq km), though this has been reduced by reclamation projects that have increased the land area of The Netherlands by more than 600 sq mi (1,600 sq km). Regulated by sluices, the formerly brackish water has been replaced by fresh water from the IJssel River, and eel fisheries have been established.



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Het Grootslag, about an hour's drive from the port, is on the north east coast, by the Ijseelmeer, an expanse of sea kept back from the flat land.
 
 
 
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