Zuiderzee Works
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Dutch government agency
civil engineer
dam
flood protection project
former inland sea
freshwater lake
land reclamation project
planned city
polder
Zuiderzee Works is a massive Dutch land reclamation and flood protection project that transformed the former Zuiderzee into the freshwater IJsselmeer and created large new polders for agriculture and settlement.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Zuiderzee Works canonical | 5 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dutch government agency
ⓘ
civil engineer ⓘ dam ⓘ flood protection project ⓘ former inland sea ⓘ freshwater lake ⓘ land reclamation project ⓘ planned city ⓘ planned city ⓘ polder ⓘ polder ⓘ polder ⓘ polder ⓘ |
| country | Netherlands ⓘ |
| created | IJsselmeer ⓘ |
| createdSettlement |
Almere
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lelystad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designedBy | Cornelis Lely ⓘ |
| effect |
creation of new agricultural areas
ⓘ
creation of new towns ⓘ reduction of flood risk in central Netherlands ⓘ |
| function | closure dam separating Wadden Sea and IJsselmeer ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | recognized as key achievement of Dutch hydraulic engineering ⓘ |
| impact | reshaped coastline of central Netherlands ⓘ |
| includes |
Afsluitdijk
ⓘ
Eastern Flevoland ⓘ Noordoostpolder ⓘ Flevoland ⓘ
surface form:
Southern Flevoland
Wieringermeer Polder ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
Act of Parliament of the Netherlands
ⓘ
surface form:
Zuiderzee Act of 1918
|
| locatedIn |
IJsselmeer region
ⓘ
former Zuiderzee ⓘ |
| majorMilestone |
completion of Afsluitdijk in 1932
ⓘ
drainage of Eastern Flevoland in 1957 ⓘ drainage of Noordoostpolder in 1942 ⓘ drainage of Southern Flevoland in 1968 ⓘ drainage of Wieringermeer Polder in 1930 ⓘ |
| managedBy | Rijkswaterstaat ⓘ |
| partOf | Dutch Delta Works and water management system ⓘ |
| purpose |
creation of agricultural land
ⓘ
creation of new settlement areas ⓘ flood protection ⓘ land reclamation ⓘ |
| replaced | saltwater Zuiderzee with freshwater IJsselmeer ⓘ |
| startDate | 1920s ⓘ |
| transformed | Zuiderzee ⓘ |
| waterBodyCreated | IJsselmeer ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
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