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The Zuiderzee was no longer a sea inlet and was renamed IJsselmeer (Lake IJssel) after the IJssel river that flows into it, which is also the namesake of the province of Overijssel.
IJsselmeer, shallow freshwater lake, northern and central Netherlands. It was formed from the southern part of the former Zuiderzee by the building of a dam (Afsluitdijk; completed 1932) separating the IJsselmeer from...
Besides being the biggest lake in the Netherlands, the IJsselmeer (IJssel Lake) boasts some other remarkable facts thanks to its dramatic transformations through time: from when it was the stormy Zuiderzee to its mode...
Bordering the provinces of Flevoland, North Holland and Friesland, is the IJsselmeer lake. What used to be the Zuiderzee, IJsselmeer is now an 1,100-square-meter lake: the biggest in the whole of Western Europe.
Ijsselmeer is a shallow artificial lake, the largest in the Netherlands and in Western Europe. The lake was created in 1932 and was initially part of the Zuider Zee, but was closed off by a man-made dyke. IJsselmeer l...
The IJsselmeer is with an area of 1,133 km² the largest lake in the Netherlands. The average depth is 4.4 meters. The deepest point is off the coast of Lelystad (9.5 meters below sea level).
The IJsselmeer (Dutch: [ˌɛisəlˈmeːr] ⓘ; West Frisian: Iselmar, Dutch Low Saxon: Iesselmeer), also known as Lake IJssel in English, is a closed-off freshwater lake in the central Netherlands bordering the provinces of ...
Some of Holland's most emblematic places -- Hoorn, Edam, Marken, Urk, Stavoren -- lie along the shores of the great lake called the IJsselmeer. Painterly light washes through clouds and luminous mists that seem to mer...
The Frisian IJsselmeer shoreline stretches all the way from Makkum to Lemmer. This is not just a beach for a breezy walk or sunbathing, as it also features old Hanseatic cities, water sports villages, beach clubs to c...
The Zuiderzee was no longer a sea inlet and was renamed IJsselmeer (Lake IJssel) after the IJssel river that flows into it, which is also the namesake of the province of Overijssel.
