Wadden Sea (redirect from Waddenzee)
The Wadden Sea (Dutch: Waddenzee [ˈʋɑdə(n)zeː] ; German: Wattenmeer [ˈvatn̩ˌmeːɐ̯] ; Low German: Wattensee or Waddenzee; Danish: Vadehavet; West Frisian:...
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the new Wadden Sea World Heritage Centre (Dutch: Werelderfgoedcentrum Waddenzee, WEC) in the harbour of Lauwersoog. Lenie ‘t Hart founded the centre in...
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That gap connects the North Sea and the Waddenzee. Around 1000 AD and before, much of the modern Waddenzee and IJsselmeer was land and the Marsdiep was...
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Afsluitdijk (Enclosure Dam) flood control dam on water levels in the Waddenzee. Hydraulic engineering was mainly an empirical science at that time, but...
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to build this polder. In the 1960s, the Vereniging tot Behoud van de Waddenzee organization successfully campaigned against plans to reclaim part of...
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sailing contests are still held on the IJsselmeer and on the Wadden Sea (Waddenzee). Dutch barges have become popular live-aboard leisure craft, and brand-new...
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coastline of the Netherlands, before it was breached and flooded to form the Waddenzee many thousands of years ago. List of lighthouses in Friesland Islands...
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Flevoland (1957) Overijssel Pilot Polder Andijk (1927) Schokland Urk Waddenzee Wieringermeer (1930) Wieringen South Flevoland (1967) Freshwater Seawater...
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around by the flood. All Saints' flood 1170 North Sea, Zuiderzee and Waddenzee. Large parts of the north of the Netherlands and the Zuiderzee region...
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Lucia's flood. Much land was permanently flooded in what is now the Waddenzee and IJsselmeer. It especially affected the north and northwestern part...
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