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Zuider Zee

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Zuider Zee (zī`dər zē, zā, Du. zoi`dər zā), 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. A vast drainage project, begun in 1920, split the old Zuider Zee into the IJsselmeer IJsselmeer , 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 by the construction of a dam (completed 1932).
..... Click the link for more information. , S of the IJsselmeer dam, and the Waddenzee, between the dam and the West Frisian Islands. Much of the IJsselmeer has since been reclaimed for farm lands and urban expansion.
Zuider Zee, Zuyder Zee
a former inlet of the North Sea in the N coast of the Netherlands sealed off from the sea by a dam in 1932, dividing it into the Waddenzee and the freshwater IJsselmeer, with several large areas under reclamation


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1412: The seawall at the Zuider Zee dyke broke, flooding 72 villages and killing 10,000 people in the Netherlands.
Happened this day by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
A city of 150000 souls, it sits on land heroically clawed back from the muddy waters of the Zuider Zee.
Walking on water: Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa apply their ... by Slessor, Catherine / The Architectural Review
During your break there will also be an en-route visit to Bruges plus the opportunity to join the Grand Holland Optional Excursion which includes a tour to the cosmopolitan Dutch capital of Amsterdam, and then on through the most scenic sections of the fascinating Zuider Zee.
A Dutch break with pedal power; READER HOLIDAYS by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
 
 
 
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