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584: 135: 1235: 696: 684: 1598: 887: 247: 38: 262: 396: 198:. It extended about 100 km (60 miles) inland and at most 50 km (30 miles) wide, with an overall depth of about 4 to 5 metres (13–16 feet) and a coastline of about 300 km (200 miles). It covered 5,000 km (1,900 sq mi). Its name is Dutch for "southern sea", indicating that the name originates in 731:
with dams, pumping, and other hydrological technology. Four had been built by the early 1980s. They were the Wieringermeer Polder built in 1930; the Northeast (Noordoost) Polder, built in 1942; the East (Oostelijk) Flevoland Polder, built in 1957; and the South (Zuidelijk) Flevoland Polder, completed
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Especially during the 12th century, particularly in 1219 and 1282, high tides and storms eroded the western banks of the Vlie and submerged large areas of land. The land between Stavoren, Texel, and Medemblik was washed away around 1170. The waterway between Stavoren and Enkhuizen, however, did not
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and Terschelling. This last name is grammatically more probable for a geographical indication, which is why it is assumed that Pomponius confused the declension of the word giving the name Flevo. In fact the Vlie formed outfall from the lake into the
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occurred 14 December 1287, when the seawalls broke during a storm, killing approximately 50,000 to 80,000 people in the fifth largest flood in recorded history. The flood occurred during a memorable storm in
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authors. This was the central and largest lake in a region filled with a mixture of lowland and freshwater lakes occupying the area later filled by the Zuiderzee. It was separated from the sea by a belt of
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in 1968. A fifth, Markewaard, began construction in 1963, and became partially complete, but was abandoned in the mid-1980s. Collectively, this system of dams, dikes, and polders is called the
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During a period of rising sea level between 250 and 600 CE, the connection to the sea and the lake were significantly enlarged. A period of lower sea levels followed.
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A number of occurrences during the Middle Ages led to the transformation of the lake to an inland sea that would be called the Zuiderzee, which are:
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had developed to a point by 1667 that the damming of the Zuiderzee was proposed, but a feasible method did not appear until the 20th century.
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Around the Zuiderzee many fishing villages grew up and several developed into walled towns with extensive trade connections, in particular
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started to eat away at the coastal areas which consisted mainly of peatlands. In this period the inlet was referred to as the
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In the 20th century the majority of the Zuiderzee was closed off from the North Sea by the construction of the
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at the Zuiderzee dike broke, which flooded 72 villages and killed about 10,000 people. This was the Second
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In classical times there was already a body of water in this location, called Lake Flevo (Flevo Lacus) by
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The size of this inland sea remained largely stable from the 15th century onwards due to improvements in
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Contained within the Zuiderzee were five small islands, the remains of what were once larger islands,
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appear until around 1400. The erosion was stopped to the south and east by the high sandy shores of
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Lake Almere is mentioned among others in a life of saints written by Anglo-Saxon Bishop
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in describing this region. In his treatise on geography of 44 AD, Pomponius speaks of a
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after the Zuiderzee, whose territory roughly corresponded to the present provinces of
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Satellite view of the modern region, with parts of the Zuiderzee Works annotated
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Lake) after the river that drains into it, and by means of drainage and
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until the 20th century when tourism became the major source of income.
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on the southwestern end of the bay, since the seagoing traffic of the
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The construction between 1927 and 1932 of a 19-mile long dam (the
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Former inland sea in the Netherlands, now the IJsselmeer
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At that time, the lake was called 354:In the second half of the twentieth century the 1644:Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy 1350: 1218: 8: 523:, a river that connected lake Almere to the 466:in 753, and a deed of gift from the town of 1357: 1343: 1335: 1225: 1211: 1203: 587:The Dutch defeat the Spanish fleet at the 948:Celtic culture: a historical encyclopedia 880: 878: 876: 874: 872: 870: 868: 866: 864: 862: 860: 858: 856: 122:Learn how and when to remove this message 967:(in classical sources) and Modern Dutch 854: 852: 850: 848: 846: 844: 842: 840: 838: 836: 682: 951:. Vol. 1. ABC-CLIO. p. 1195. 832: 369:shores and spread (a process known as 313:). It existed in Roman times and the 293:. 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