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Zuiderzee
The Zuiderzee was a shallow inlet of the North Sea in the north-west Netherlands, enlarged by storm floods in the Middle Ages. Ports such as Kampen, Harderwijk, Enkhuizen and Hoorn traded across it. The Afsluitdijk closed it off in 1932, turning it into the freshwater IJsselmeer, and large parts were then drained to create new polders.
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