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Originally an area of swampland, the polder was developed from the eleventh century CE. Many canals were dug in order to drain the land, dividing the land into equally sized plots which still define the landscape.
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river to the south and the Krimpenerwaard polder to the west. Several larger drainage canals cross the polder from east to west. The area largely coincides with the municipality of
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the thins out towards the east. At the edges, near the rivers,
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The Lopikerwaard soil consists mainly of a thick layer of
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The Willige Langerak polder, part of the Lopikerwaard.
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