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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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    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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    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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    Friesland Gelderland Houtribdijk (1975) IJsselmeer Knardijk (1956) Marken Markermeer North Holland Noordoostpolder (1942) East Flevoland (1957) Overijssel...
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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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    a part of the municipality of Waterland, and lies on the coast of the Markermeer, about 8 km (5.0 mi) southeast of Purmerend. It received city rights in...
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    construction would have resulted in the near-total reclamation of the Markermeer. Cornelis Lely's plan projected a polder in the south-west of the Zuiderzee...
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    traditional capital of the region of West Friesland. Hoorn is located on the Markermeer, 20 kilometers (12 mi) east of Alkmaar and 35 kilometers (22 mi) north...
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    Openbaar Lichaam remained, however, only governing the water body of the Markermeer. After the municipal division of the Wadden Sea (1985), the territorial...
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    Flevoland.[citation needed] Part of the IJsselmeer was also divided into the Markermeer. In classical times there was already a body of water in this location...
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    Holland and Flevoland. Namely, it is the southeastern section of the Markermeer. It is an important habitat for birds such as the tufted duck and scaup...
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    located between the North Sea, the Wadden Sea, the IJsselmeer, and the Markermeer. More than half of the province consists of reclaimed polder land situated...
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    towns of Edam and Volendam. It is situated on the western shore of the Markermeer, just north of Waterland. In 2021, it had a population of 36,268. In 2016...
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    most western municipality of the province Flevoland. It borders with Markermeer in the west and north, Lelystad in the northeast, Zeewolde in the east...
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    municipality in the Netherlands in area, but a large part of that area is water: Markermeer and IJsselmeer. Another major area is the internationally famous nature...
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    IJ) is an extension of the IJmeer which is itself an extension of the Markermeer. The IJ is connected to the North Sea to the west and the IJmeer to the...
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    in the east. It is also connected to the lakes at the southern side of Markermeer near Amsterdam. The feeders of this lake system are the River IJssel (Rhine...
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  • Zuid-Limburg: VVV-Venlo vs. MVV Maastricht or Fortuna Sittard or Roda JC Kerkrade Markermeer Derby: Almere City FC vs. SC Telstar Markermeerderby: Almere City FC vs...
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    area of 56 square kilometres (22 sq mi) is situated on the shore of the Markermeer in the center of the Flevopolder. The Oostvaardersplassen can be divided...
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  • 275 Part of Saimaa Pihkva  Estonia/ Russia 710 270 Part of Peipus 20 Markermeer  Netherlands 700 270 Previously (before 1975) part of the IJsselmeer Kaniv...
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    part of the province of North Holland like Amsterdam. It borders the Markermeer to the east. Amsterdam-Noord is mostly home to families who prefer it...
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    was recovered using a grapple between 31 August and 9 October 2020 from Markermeer, Netherlands, and parts of it are to be put on display. Two sections of...
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  • 14,220 Leekstermeergebied 1,543 3,810 Malpais/Sint Michiel 1,100 2,700 Markermeer & IJmeer 68,463.4 169,177 Markiezaat 1,831.9 4,527 Muizenberg 65 160 Mullet...
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    the port of Antwerp. Plans to reclaim parts of the Wadden Sea and the Markermeer were eventually called off because of the ecological and recreational...
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    national park include the Oostvaardersplassen, the Lepelaarplassen, the lake Markermeer, and the artificial archipelago Marker Wadden. Some of those areas were...
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