IJSSELMEER

īˈsəlmārˌ, shallow freshwater lake, NW Netherlands, bordering on the provinces of North Holland, Utrecht, Gelderland, Overijssel, and Friesland. It was formed from the old Zuider Zee by the construction of a dam (completed 1932). The dam, 19 mi (31 km) long, has navigation locks and drainage sluices (which control the lake's level) and carries a roadway connecting North Holland with Friesland. The IJssel River, from which the lake takes its name, is the chief feeder of the IJsselmeer. Considerable areas have been reclaimed from the former Zuider Zee since 1932. The largest of the reclaimed areas is the Northeast Polder (185 sq mi/479 sq km). Parts of the polders were flooded in World War II but have since been salvaged; five more, including the Zuidelijk and the Oostelijk, have been constructed. Amsterdam, located on the IJ, an inlet of the IJsselmeer, is the chief city on the lake. The IJsselmeer is an important freshwater fishing ground. Since 1937 pike, perch, and eels have replaced saltwater fish.

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books on: Ijsselmeer  - 46 results

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Germania
Book by J. B. Rives, Cornelius Tacitus; Clarendon Press, 1999
Subjects: Germanic Peoples
...fills the fields, called Flevo the IJsselmeer ; after flowing around an island of...dividing on the north into lakes now the IJsselmeer , on the west into the river Mosa the...lakes. In Roman times the area of the IJsselmeer consisted of a network of separate lakes...
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Benelux: An Economic Geography of Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg
Book by R. C. Riley, G. J. Ashworth; Holmes & Meier, 1975
Subjects: Benelux Countries--Economic Conditions
...Rotterdam. An important result of the Ijsselmeer project and the Delta Plan will be the...to a line between Walcheren and the Ijsselmeer afsluitdijk . Fourthly, because strict...creation of freshwater lakes such as Ijsselmeer ease the problem of drinking water supply...
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Climate Change: Evaluating the Socio-Economic Impacts
Book by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.; Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 1991
...and in greater amounts; -- The lake IJsselmeer is a large fresh water reservoir in...At low tide, surplus water from the IJsselmeer can be drained to the Waddensea through...the dike. Raising the level of the IJsselmeer would require raising all adjacent dikes...
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How It Works: Science and Technology - Vol. 9
Includes: Instant-Picture Camera - Lumber
Book by Marshall Cavendish; Marshall Cavendish, 2003
Subjects: Science--Encyclopedias, Technology--Encyclopedias
...was boosted by technology. The Dutch IJsselmeer polders were reclaimed from the ljsselmeer...Wadden Zee and the North Sea. In the IJsselmeer, or IJssel Lake, which was formed...directly from the sea, not from the IJsselmeer. This area was dry land two years before...
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Environmental Impact Assessment: Theory and Practice
Book by Peter Wathern; Routledge, 1992
Subjects: Environmental Impact Analysis
...reclaimed from below sea level in the Ijsselmeer the former Zuider Zee . In the deliberations...who had recently worked on previous Ijsselmeer polders were sure that they would be...example, whether the water quality in the Ijsselmeer would be affected. Even the supposed...
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journal articles on: Ijsselmeer  - 2 results

 
 
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Seismic Interpretation of Dinantian Carbonate Platforms in the Netherlands
Journal article by Henk Kombrink, Henk Van Lochem, Kees J. Van Der Zwan; Journal of the Geological Society, Vol. 167, 2010
Subjects: Basins, Geology
...the Winterton High, Maasbommel-Krefeld High, Texel-IJsselmeer High, Friesland High and the Groningen High. According to...et al. (2008) reported a small structure on the Texel-IJsselmeer High, interpreted as a carbonate buildup. Van Hulten Poty...
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When the Natural World Presents Facts to Political Theorists
Journal article by Mary Durfee; Law & Society Review, Vol. 36, 2002
Subjects: Law, Science, Studies
...water. Alternatively, he could have taken measures from lakes associated with the Rhine, for example Lake Ketelmeer or Lake IJsselmeer,4 and found similar-sized feeder lakes to the Great Lakes. (Outside my window are Portage and Torch Lakes, both of...


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magazine articles on: Ijsselmeer  - 3 results

 
 
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Tiepolo and Ruisdael at London Galleries
Magazine article by Donald Bruce; Contemporary Review, Vol. 288, Summer 2006
Subjects: Landscape painting--Criticism and interpretation, Landscape painting--Exhibitions, Oil painting--Criticism and interpretation, Oil painting--Exhibitions, Oil-painting--Criticism and interpretation, Oil-painting--Exhibitions, Ruisdael, Jacob van--Criticism and interpretation, Ruisdael, Jacob van--Exhibitions, Tiepolo, Giambattista--Criticism and interpretation, Tiepolo, Giambattista--Exhibitions
...and the elemental forces that bring it about. Through dank gloom boat-owners wade back to the brine-sodden dunes of the Ijsselmeer, driven by louring clouds, sea-fog and sea-wash in his Beach Scene of c. 1670 at Polesden Lacey in Surrey. Rough Sea...
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LOOSE MOVES - the Practical Bicycle Culture of Amsterdam
Magazine article by Rachel Buchman; World and I, Vol. 16, April 2001
Subjects: Amsterdam, Netherlands--Social aspects, Bicycles--Usage
...Europe, but what allowed them to become so popular here is more deeply ingrained. Amsterdam is built on landfill in the IJsselmeer river network. It is therefore laced with canals and extremely flat, ideal for biking. Amsterdam is also a dense city...
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Art from Copenhagen: Two Brewers' Legacy at the Royal Academy
Magazine article by Donald Bruce; Contemporary Review, Vol. 285, November 2004
Subjects: Art exhibitions--Criticism and interpretation, Art--Criticism and interpretation, Art--Exhibitions, Art--United Kingdom, Royal Academy of Arts (London, England)--Exhibitions
...is mostly daunting. The exceptions are Monets evocation of dusk on the River Zaan as it seeps towards Amsterdam and the Ijsselmeer through reeds and the shadows of masted and rowing boats under a mill; and one of Cezannes several self-portraits, usually...


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Holidays: Best Euro Tours by Car
Newspaper article; Sunday Mirror (London, England), April 3, 2005
...Golden Circle Take a leisurely four-day trip around the Ijsselmeer (formerly the Zuider Zee), a one-time salty inlet from...Base yourself in Amsterdam (at the southern end of the Ijsselmeer) and stay at the three-star NH Tropen in the city centre...
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Amsterdam & Bulbfields Cruise; Mail Life Travel
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), January 20, 2010
...blanketed with swaying tulip blooms await us on our spring itinerary to the heart of the Dutch bulbfields, Amsterdam and the Ijsselmeer. Nowhere is springtime better encapsulated than at Hollands magnificent Keukenhof Gardens, where awakening trees and a huge...
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Peter the Great Oddity; ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), December 17, 2009
...deliberately flooding certain areas to protect towns and cities. Currently, they are considering raising their main dyke across the Ijsselmeer (former Zuider Zee), rather than complete further land reclamation. They do have an advantage, in that raised river levels...
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A Twist in the Tale; ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), May 2, 2011
Subjects: Shakespeare, William (English playwright)
...Nederlandse Redding Maatschappij) was also established in 1824 and maintains 39 lifeboat stations along the Dutch coast and on the IJsselmeer lake. Its headquarters have been in IJmuiden since 1996. The institutions 70 lifeboats are manned by 1,100 volunteers...
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A Twist in the Tale
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), May 2, 2011
Subjects: Shakespeare, William (English playwright)
...Nederlandse Redding Maatschappij) was also established in 1824 and maintains 39 lifeboat stations along the Dutch coast and on the IJsselmeer lake. Its headquarters have been in IJmuiden since 1996. The institutions 70 lifeboats are manned by 1,100 volunteers...
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encyclopedia articles on: Ijsselmeer  - 15 results

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Ijsselmeer
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
IJSSELMEER i s lmar , shallow freshwater lake...its name, is the chief feeder of the IJsselmeer. Considerable areas have been reclaimed...located on the IJ, an inlet of the IJsselmeer, is the chief city on the lake. The...
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Zuider Zee
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...begun in 1920, split the old Zuider Zee into the IJsselmeer , S of the IJsselmeer dam, and the Waddenzee, between the dam and the West Frisian Islands. Much of the IJsselmeer has since been reclaimed for farm lands and urban...
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Netherlands
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...completed; it enclosed the Zuider Zee and thus created the IJsselmeer , a large freshwater lake. A number of large polders, including...Flevoland and the Northeast Polder, were later created in the IJsselmeer. In World War II, Germany invaded (May, 1940) the Netherlands...
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Friesland
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Leeuwarden is the capital. The province includes several of the West Frisian Islands along the North Sea coast and borders on the IJsselmeer in the west. A principal dairying and cattle-raising region, Friesland has fertile land near the coast and sandy heath...
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Enkhuizen
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ENKHUIZEN engk hoi z n, town (1994 pop. 16,037), North Holland prov., N central Netherlands, a port on IJsselmeer lake. It is a commercial and industrial center with shipyards. The town played an important part in the Dutch struggle...
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