Zwin
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Key facts
- Protected area.name
- Zwin
- Protected area.image
- File:Zwin.jpg
- Protected area.image_size
- 288
- Protected area.image_caption
- Zwin at high tide seen from the Dutch to the Belgian side
- Protected area.map_width
- 192
- Protected area.location
- Belgian–Dutch border
- Protected area.nearest_city
- Knokke-Heist, Sluis
- Protected area.area_km2
- 1.58
- Protected area.established
- 1952
- Protected area.url
- http://www.zwin.be/
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The Zwin () is a nature reserve at the North Sea coast, on the Belgian–Dutch border. It consists of the entrance area of a former tidal inlet which during the Middle Ages connected the North Sea with the ports of Sluis and Bruges inland.