IJsselmeer

IJsselmeer

Infobox lake
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location = Central Netherlands
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type = artificial lake
inflow = IJssel, Vechte
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basin_countries = Netherlands
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area = 1100 km²
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IJsselmeer (sometimes translated as Lake IJssel, alternative international spelling: Lake Yssel) is a shallow lake of 1100 km² in the central Netherlands bordering the provinces of Flevoland, North Holland and Friesland, with an average depth of 5 to 6 m. It is named after the IJssel river that drains into it via a smaller lake, the Ketelmeer. The internal capitalisation in the spelling is caused by the fact that IJ is a digraph in Dutch, possibly a ligature, and sometimes considered a single letter (see IJ (letter)). The IJsselmeer is the largest lake in Western Europe.

The IJsselmeer was created in 1932 when an inland sea, the Zuiderzee, was closed by a 32 km dam, the "Afsluitdijk". This was part of a major hydraulic engineering project known as the Zuiderzee Works, that years later led to the reclaiming of land from the IJsselmeer, thereby diminishing the size of the lake.

In 1975 the IJsselmeer was further split in two by the completion of the "Houtribdijk", now also called "Markerwaarddijk", which runs from Enkhuizen southeast to Lelystad. This former southern part of the IJsselmeer is now the hydrologically separate Markermeer.

The IJsselmeer functions as a major fresh water reserve, serving as a source for agriculture and drinking water. It also offers plenty of opportunities for various recreational activities.

The province of Flevoland was created in 1986 from the polders reclaimed from the IJsselmeer.

Ketelmeer

The Ketelmeer coord|52.596792|5.762329|type:waterbody_region:NL|display=inline, or Lake Ketel, is the tongue of the IJsselmeer into which the IJssel actually drains. It was carved out from the Zuiderzee by the construction of the polders of Noordoostpolder and Flevoland, between which it lies. It is via Ketelmeer that the IJsselmeer connects to the Zwarte Meer and the Veluwemeer, the strip of water which separates Flevoland from the coast of the mainland.

The Ketelmeer contains the IJsseloog ring dyke coord|52.59889|5.742781|type:isle_region:NL|display=inline, a kilometre-diameter circular pit in an artificial island, built to contain the toxic sludge dredged from the bed of the Ketelmeer [http://www.nethcold.org/nethcold/index.php?c=damsinNL&id=8] [http://www.slopeindicator.com/stories/kettelmeer.html] .

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