Zuiderzee Works

Flevoland () is the twelfth and newest province of the Netherlands, established in 1986, when the southern and eastern Flevopolders, together with the Noordoostpolder, were merged into one provincial entity. It is in the centre of the country in the former Zuiderzee, which was turned into the freshwater IJsselmeer by the closure of the Afsluitdijk in 1932. Almost all of the land belonging 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 province of the Netherlands at , but not gross land

Noordoostpolder (; ) is a polder and municipality in the Flevoland province in the central Netherlands. Formerly, it was also called Urker Land. Emmeloord is the administrative center, located in the heart of the Noordoostpolder.

Hindeloopen, view of the IJsselmeer|thumb

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

Wieringermeer () is a polder and former municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Since 2012 Wieringermeer has been a part of the municipality of Hollands Kroon.

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

Dutch civil servant and politician (1854-1929)

{| 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 |}

Breezanddijk () is a small community that lies near the midpoint of the Afsluitdijk, part of the A7 motorway, in the Netherlands. It is located on a former artificial island which was created during the construction of the dam, and it belongs to the municipality of Súdwest-Fryslân, in Friesland province. The hamlet lies between Den Oever and Kornwerderzand.

Kornwerderzand (West Frisian: Koarnwertersân) is a village on the Afsluitdijk, a major dam in the Netherlands that links Friesland with North Holland.

thumb Amsteldiepdijk is a dike between Van Ewijcksluis and the island of Wieringen. It was built in 1924 and closes a portion of the Amsteldiep and of the Ulkediep.

thumb|right|200px|The Markerwaard would be on what is now the Markermeer

thumb|Krabbersgat naviduct, near Enkhuizen, Netherlands (Photo: Rijkswaterstaat) thumb|Naviduct control tower