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IJsselmeer (sometimes translated as
Lake IJssel, alternative international spelling:
Lake Yssel) is a shallow lake of 1100 km² in the central
Netherlands bordering the
provinces of
Flevoland,
North Holland and
Friesland, with an average depth of 5 to 6 m. It is named after the
IJssel river that drains into it via a smaller lake, the Ketelmeer. The internal
capitalisation in the spelling is caused by the fact that
IJ is a
digraph in
Dutch, possibly a
ligature, and sometimes considered a single letter (see
IJ (letter)). The IJsselmeer is the
largest lake in
Western Europe.
The IJsselmeer was created in
1932 when an inland sea, the
Zuiderzee, was closed by a 32 km dam, the
Afsluitdijk. This was part of a major hydraulic engineering project known as the
Zuiderzee Works, that years later led to the reclaiming of land from the IJsselmeer, thereby diminishing the size of the lake.
In
1975 the IJsselmeer was further split in two by the completion of the
Houtribdijk, now also called
Markerwaarddijk, which runs from
Enkhuizen southeast to
Lelystad. This former southern part of the IJsselmeer is now the hydrologically separate
Markermeer.
The IJsselmeer functions as a major fresh water reserve, serving as a source for agriculture and drinking water. It also offers plenty of opportunities for various recreational activities.
The province of
Flevoland was created in
1986 from the
polders reclaimed from the IJsselmeer.
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