 | The Afsluitdijk (Dutch: [ˈɑfslœydɛik] ; West Frisian: Ofslútdyk; Dutch Low Saxon: Ofsluutdiek; English: "Closure Dyke") is a major dam and causeway in... 25 KB (2,924 words) - 03:07, 25 April 2024 |
 | 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... 9 KB (1,005 words) - 18:19, 30 July 2023 |
 | 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... 8 KB (1,030 words) - 14:33, 26 January 2024 |
 | Afsluitdijk Amsterdam Amsteldiepdijk (1924) Friesland Gelderland Houtribdijk (1975) IJsselmeer Knardijk (1956) Marken Markermeer North Holland Noordoostpolder... 38 KB (5,106 words) - 20:47, 16 April 2024 |
 | number of prominent dikes which also double as causeways, including the Afsluitdijk, Brouwersdam, and Markerwaarddijk. In the Republic of Panama a causeway... 17 KB (2,079 words) - 04:44, 23 March 2024 |
| 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)... 8 KB (843 words) - 00:35, 21 April 2024 |
 | later used to drain lakes, creating the famous polders. In 1932 the Afsluitdijk ("Closure Dike") was completed, blocking the former Zuiderzee (Southern... 207 KB (20,110 words) - 03:19, 25 April 2024 |
 | 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... 6 KB (249 words) - 03:16, 1 May 2023 |
 | A7 motorway (Netherlands) (section Afsluitdijk) motorway is a motorway in the Netherlands connecting Zaandam, via the Afsluitdijk, Sneek and Groningen to the German border near Bad Nieuweschans. The... 16 KB (455 words) - 16:41, 10 May 2023 |
 | 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... 19 KB (1,727 words) - 16:27, 22 April 2024 |
has significantly been reduced by the closing of the Zuiderzee by the Afsluitdijk in 1932 (250 km) and the closing of several sea arms by the Delta Works... 51 KB (924 words) - 21:03, 27 March 2024 |
 | Netherlands Maastricht Mill The Hague Rotterdam Zeeland The Grebbeberg Afsluitdijk Rotterdam Blitz Belgium Fort Eben-Emael Hannut David Gembloux La Lys... 96 KB (11,956 words) - 19:31, 22 April 2024 |
 | to chair a committee to calculate some of the effects of the proposed Afsluitdijk (Enclosure Dam) flood control dam on water levels in the Waddenzee. Hydraulic... 46 KB (4,860 words) - 11:02, 12 April 2024 |
 | The Afsluitdijk (Closure-dike) is a major dam in the Netherlands... 135 KB (11,993 words) - 13:09, 19 March 2024 |
 | Netherlands Maastricht Mill The Hague Rotterdam Zeeland The Grebbeberg Afsluitdijk Rotterdam Blitz Belgium Fort Eben-Emael Hannut David Gembloux La Lys... 169 KB (19,709 words) - 06:06, 26 April 2024 |
 | Netherlands Maastricht Mill The Hague Rotterdam Zeeland The Grebbeberg Afsluitdijk Rotterdam Blitz Belgium Fort Eben-Emael Hannut David Gembloux La Lys... 44 KB (5,488 words) - 16:11, 18 April 2024 |
 | Oranje Locks (section The Afsluitdijk (1932)) referred to a dijk, and not to a dam. It was generally called afsluitdijk till the 1932 Afsluitdijk was built.) This planned location seems in line with a location... 35 KB (4,707 words) - 14:42, 8 November 2023 |
 | founded in 1967 and was named after Cornelis Lely, who engineered the Afsluitdijk that made the reclamation possible. Lelystad is approximately 3 metres... 20 KB (1,466 words) - 06:57, 20 April 2024 |
 | Zuiderzee. It in itself would cause much trouble until the building of the Afsluitdijk in 1933. Several storms starting in 1219 created the Dollart from the... 32 KB (4,377 words) - 10:07, 22 February 2024 |
 | 900 sq mi). Within the Netherlands, it is bounded from the IJsselmeer by the Afsluitdijk. Historically, the coastal regions were often subjected to large floods... 24 KB (2,443 words) - 14:29, 22 April 2024 |
 | ultimately discharges into the IJsselmeer (before the 1932 completion of the Afsluitdijk known as the Zuiderzee), a North Sea natural harbour. It more immediately... 14 KB (1,418 words) - 00:53, 21 April 2024 |
 | village is located on the former island Wieringen at the west side of the Afsluitdijk: therefore the Stevin lock (named after mathematician and engineer Simon... 6 KB (349 words) - 02:58, 2 April 2024 |
 | from the mainland to Urk ended the town's island status, just as the Afsluitdijk project was changing the salt water Zuiderzee surrounding Urk to the... 25 KB (2,447 words) - 09:40, 2 April 2024 |
 | Netherlands Maastricht Mill The Hague Rotterdam Zeeland The Grebbeberg Afsluitdijk Rotterdam Blitz Belgium Fort Eben-Emael Hannut David Gembloux La Lys... 20 KB (2,109 words) - 22:58, 26 April 2024 |
 | largely undefended. State-of-the-art fortifications at the east end of the Afsluitdijk (the long dike connecting the Friesland and North Holland provinces)... 11 KB (1,276 words) - 15:41, 29 February 2024 |
 | Netherlands Maastricht Mill The Hague Rotterdam Zeeland The Grebbeberg Afsluitdijk Rotterdam Blitz Belgium Fort Eben-Emael Hannut David Gembloux La Lys... 126 KB (17,345 words) - 18:46, 11 April 2024 |
 | Netherlands Maastricht Mill The Hague Rotterdam Zeeland The Grebbeberg Afsluitdijk Rotterdam Blitz Belgium Fort Eben-Emael Hannut David Gembloux La Lys... 170 KB (22,598 words) - 23:44, 3 April 2024 |
 | the closing of the Afsluitdijk (Barrier Dam) on May 28, 1932, the Zuiderzee was split in two parts: the waters below the Afsluitdijk are now called the... 11 KB (1,135 words) - 19:10, 7 March 2023 |
signed a declaration of intent for development of a pilot plant on the Afsluitdijk in the Netherlands. The plant was put into service on 26 November 2014... 6 KB (572 words) - 17:09, 7 January 2024 |
 | For example they connect: North Holland to the northeast using the Afsluitdijk Rotterdam to three islands (Zeeland) in the southwest using a tunnel... 2 KB (200 words) - 09:46, 9 August 2020 |