Afsluitdijk

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causeway dam dyke flood defense structure

The Afsluitdijk is a major Dutch causeway and dam that closed off the Zuiderzee from the North Sea, creating the IJsselmeer and serving as a key flood defense and transport link.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Afsluitdijk canonical 7
"Afsluit" (closure) + "dijk" (dyke) in Dutch 1
Afsluitdijk main causeway 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf causeway ⓘ
dam ⓘ
dyke ⓘ
flood defense structure ⓘ
carries European route E22 ⓘ
motorway A7 ⓘ
closedOff Zuiderzee ⓘ
closedOffFrom North Sea ⓘ
connects Friesland ⓘ
North Holland NERFINISHED ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1927 ⓘ
country Netherlands ⓘ
created IJsselmeer ⓘ
crosses IJsselmeer ⓘ
designedBy Cornelis Lely ⓘ
etymology Afsluitdijk self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: "Afsluit" (closure) + "dijk" (dyke) in Dutch
hasLocksAt Den Oever ⓘ
Kornwerderzand ⓘ
hasMonument Vlieter Monument ⓘ
hasNumberOfLanes 2x2 ⓘ
hasRestArea Breezanddijk ⓘ
hasSluicesAt Den Oever ⓘ
Kornwerderzand ⓘ
hasTypeOfWaterOnOneSide freshwater lake ⓘ
hasTypeOfWaterOnOtherSide saltwater sea ⓘ
inaugurationDate 1933 ⓘ
isKeyElementOf Delta Works ⓘ
surface form: Dutch Delta defence system
languageOfName Dutch ⓘ
length approximately 20 miles ⓘ
approximately 32 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn province of Friesland NERFINISHED ⓘ
province of North Holland NERFINISHED ⓘ
maintainedBy Rijkswaterstaat ⓘ
namedAfter Afsluitdijk self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: closure dyke of Zuiderzee
opened 28 May 1932 ⓘ
partOf Zuiderzee Works ⓘ
protectsRegion IJsselmeer polders ⓘ
Randstad metropolitan region ⓘ
surface form: Randstad
purpose flood protection ⓘ
land reclamation ⓘ
road transport link ⓘ
separates IJsselmeer ⓘ
Wadden Sea ⓘ
underwentMajorRenovation 2018–2020s ⓘ
waterBodyAfterClosure IJsselmeer ⓘ
waterBodyBeforeClosure Zuiderzee ⓘ
width about 90 metres ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rijkswaterstaat → notableProject → Afsluitdijk ⓘ
Harlingen → locatedNear → Afsluitdijk ⓘ
IJsselmeer → separatedBy → Afsluitdijk ⓘ
IJsselmeer → borderedBy → Afsluitdijk ⓘ
Afsluitdijk (western end) → partOf → Afsluitdijk ⓘ
Afsluitdijk (western end) → connectsTo → Afsluitdijk ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afsluitdijk main causeway
North Sea coast of the Netherlands → hasPart → Afsluitdijk ⓘ
Afsluitdijk → namedAfter → Afsluitdijk self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: closure dyke of Zuiderzee
Afsluitdijk → etymology → Afsluitdijk self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: "Afsluit" (closure) + "dijk" (dyke) in Dutch
Zuiderzee Works → includes → Afsluitdijk ⓘ