Dams in the Netherlands

series of construction projects in the southwest Netherlands to protect a large area of land around the Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt delta from the sea

thumb|Afsluitdijk with the Wadden Sea (a part of the North Sea) on the left and the [[IJsselmeer on the right]]

historic civil works project for land reclamation and flood control on the consequently-former Zuiderzee

{| class="wikitable toccolours" style="float:right; clear:right; margin: 0 0 1em 1em;" | colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | 250px|Markerwaarddijk |- ! colspan="2" style="text-align: center; background: #cccccc;" | Houtribdijk |- | Official name | Houtribdijk |- | Location | N302 Enkhuizen — Lelystad |- | Separating | Markermeer — IJsselmeer |- | Total length | 26 km |- | Width | 68 m |- | Construction started | 1963 |- | Construction ended | 1976 |}