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Afsluitdijk
Afsluitdijk
Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsteldiepdijk (1924)
Amsteldiepdijk (1924)
Friesland
Friesland
Gelderland
Gelderland
Houtribdijk (1975)
Houtribdijk (1975)
IJsselmeer
IJsselmeer
Knardijk (1956)
Knardijk (1956)
Marken
Marken
Markermeer
Markermeer
North Holland
North Holland
Noordoostpolder (1942)
Noordoostpolder
(1942)
East Flevoland (1957)
East Flevoland
(1957)
Overijssel
Overijssel
Pilot Polder Andijk (1927)
Pilot Polder Andijk (1927)
Schokland
Schokland
Urk
Urk
Waddenzee
Waddenzee
Wieringermeer (1930)
Wieringermeer
(1930)
Wieringen
Wieringen
South Flevoland (1967)
South Flevoland
(1967)
Freshwater
Freshwater
Seawater
Seawater
Land reclamation
Land reclamation
Old land
Old land
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Zuiderzee works

The Zuiderzee Works (Dutch: Zuiderzeewerken) 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 century. The project involved the damming of the Zuiderzee, a large, shallow inlet of the North Sea, and the reclamation of land in the newly enclosed water using polders. Its main purposes are to improve flood protection and create additional land for agriculture.

The American Society of Civil Engineers declared these works, together with the Delta Works in the South-West of the Netherlands, as among the Seven Wonders of the Modern World.[1]

Zuiderzee Works
Sentinel-2 photo of the IJsselmeer and surroundings.
The 32 km Afsluitdijk separates the IJsselmeer (right) from the Wadden Sea (left), protecting thousands of km2 of land.
  1. ^ http://www.ce.memphis.edu/1101/interesting_stuff/7wonders.html%7CSeven[permanent dead link] Wonders of the Modern World

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one provincial entity. It is in the centre of the country in the former Zuiderzee, which was turned into the freshwater IJsselmeer by the closure of the...

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Afsluitdijk

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Jo Thijsse

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major involvement in the design and planning of both the Zuiderzee Works and the Delta Works, he published widely and played a key role in the establishment...

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Markerwaard

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Markermeer. Cornelis Lely's plan projected a polder in the south-west of the Zuiderzee, originally named Hoornsche Polder, referring to Hoorn, then simply "Southwest...

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Markermeer

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Polder

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Gypsum

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Lelystad

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that has built the Batavia replica. After the Second World War the Zuiderzee Works continued, constructing the polder of Eastern Flevoland. In 1950 work...

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Emmeloord

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Pieter Zeeman

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