- The
Afsluitdijk (Dutch: [ˈɑfslœydɛik] ; West Frisian: Ofslútdyk;
Dutch Low Saxon: Ofsluutdiek; English: "Closure ****") is a
major dam and
causeway in...
- The
Battle of the
Afsluitdijk of 12–14 May 1940 was an
unsuccessful attempt by
German Wehrmacht forces to
seize the
Afsluitdijk during the
invasion of...
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Zuiderzee was
closed off from the
North Sea by the
construction of the
Afsluitdijk,
leaving the
mouth of the
inlet to
become part of the
Wadden Sea. The...
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Afsluitdijk Amsterdam Amsteldiepdijk (1924)
Friesland Gelderland Houtribdijk (1975)
IJsselmeer Knardijk (1956)
Marken Markermeer North Holland Noordoostpolder...
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Zuiderzee and
constructing the
Afsluitdijk to keep
tides and high
water out. In 1932 the
Zuiderzee was
closed off by the
Afsluitdijk, a 32-kilometre (20 mi)...
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later used to
drain lakes,
creating the
famous polders. In 1932 the
Afsluitdijk ("Closure ****") was completed,
blocking the
former Zuiderzee (Southern...
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number of
prominent ****s
which also
double as causeways,
including the
Afsluitdijk, Brouwersdam, and Markerwaarddijk. In the
Republic of
Panama a causeway...
-
motorway is a
motorway in the
Netherlands connecting Zaandam, via the
Afsluitdijk, Sn**** and
Groningen to the
German border near Bad Nieuweschans. The...
- Breesândyk) is a
small community that lies near the
midpoint of the
Afsluitdijk, part of the A7 motorway, in the Netherlands. It is
located on a former...
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which was
turned into the
freshwater IJsselmeer by the
closure of the
Afsluitdijk in 1932.
Almost all of the land
belonging to
Flevoland was reclaimed...
