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    The Markermeer (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌmɑrkərˈmeːr]) is a 700 km2 (270 sq mi) lake in the central Netherlands in between North Holland, Flevoland, and...
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    Markerwaard would have resulted in the near-total reclamation of the Markermeer. Markerwaard was expected to be finished in 1978. In 1941 work for this...
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    Marker Wadden archipelago, a collection of artificial islands in the Markermeer Aruba Bonaire Camia Curaçao Green Island Guana Cay Hen and Chicken Indiaanskop...
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    to Flevoland was reclaimed in the 1950s and 1960s while splitting the Markermeer and Bordering lakes from the IJsselmeer. As to dry land, it is the smallest...
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    had a population of 1,745 as of 2021, and occupies a peninsula in the Markermeer. It was, until 1957, an island in the former Zuiderzee. The characteristic...
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    The Marker Wadden is an artificial archipelago under development in the Markermeer, a lake in the Netherlands. The first island was inaugurated on 24 September...
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    cities of Lelystad and Enkhuizen. On the west side of the dike is the Markermeer and on the east is the IJsselmeer. The 26-kilometer-long dike was intended...
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    the salt water. Part of the IJsselmeer was later closed off to form the Markermeer. From 1929 till 1967, over half the IJsselmeer was drained, creating 1...
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    Holland. It is situated north of Amsterdam, on the western shore of the Markermeer. It includes the tourist towns of Broek in Waterland and Marken. The municipality...
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    Friesland Gelderland Houtribdijk (1975) IJsselmeer Knardijk (1956) Marken Markermeer North Holland Noordoostpolder (1942) East Flevoland (1957) Overijssel...
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