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A long, straight highway runs along the Afsluitdijk dam, dividing the IJsselmeer lake from the sea in the Netherlands, with water on both sides and a few cars on the road. Afsluitdijk dam
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Afsluitdijk

dam, Netherlands
Also known as: IJsselmeer Dam
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A long, straight highway runs along the Afsluitdijk dam, dividing the IJsselmeer lake from the sea in the Netherlands, with water on both sides and a few cars on the road.
North dam across the IJsselmeer Part of the north dam (the Afsluitdijk) across the IJsselmeer, Netherlands.

The Afsluitdijk is a 19-mile (30 km) dam in the Netherlands that was completed in 1932. It was built as part of the Zuiderzee project to separate the Zuiderzee, a former inlet of the North Sea, from the Waddenzee and the North Sea. This separation created the IJsselmeer, a freshwater lake, from the southern part of the Zuiderzee. The project also involved the creation of several polders, which are areas of land reclaimed from the sea, used for agriculture and other purposes.12

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  2. Netherlands - Drainage and dikes

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