Volkerak
Sign in to saveright|thumb|250px|Volkerak highlighted in cyan. The Volkerak is a body of water in the Netherlands. It is part of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, and is situated between the island Goeree-Overflakkee to the north-west and the Dutch mainland to the south and east. The western part of the Volkerak is also called Krammer. Tributaries of the Volkerak are the Dintel and Steenbergse Vliet.
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- Instance of
- reservoir
- Has part
- Krammer
- Country
- Netherlands
- Located in
- Goeree-Overflakkee
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right|thumb|250px|Volkerak highlighted in cyan. The Volkerak is a body of water in the Netherlands. It is part of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, and is situated between the island Goeree-Overflakkee to the north-west and the Dutch mainland to the south and east. The western part of the Volkerak is also called Krammer. Tributaries of the Volkerak are the Dintel and Steenbergse Vliet.
Before 1987, it was a tidal river open to the North Sea, but it was closed off as part of the Delta Works; it is now a fresh water lake.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Volkerak” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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