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- The Afsluitdijk (Dutch: [ˈɑfslœydɛik] ; West Frisian: Ofslútdyk [ˈɔfslyːdik]; "closure ****") is a major dam and causeway in the Netherlands. It was constructed...
- 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...
- Afsluitdijk Amsterdam Amsteldiepdijk (1924) Friesland Gelderland Houtribdijk (1975) IJsselmeer Knardijk (1956) Marken Markermeer North Holland Noordoostpolder...
- 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)...
- 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...
- number of prominent ****s which also double as causeways, including the Afsluitdijk, Brouwersdam, and Markerwaarddijk. In the Republic of Panama a causeway...
- later used to drain lakes, creating the famous polders. In 1932 the Afsluitdijk ("Closure ****") was completed, blocking the former Zuiderzee (Southern...
- motorway is a motorway in the Netherlands connecting Zaandam, via the Afsluitdijk, Sn**** and Groningen to the German border near Bad Nieuweschans. The...
- 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...
- 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...