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The Markermeer is a 700 km² lake. It is a shallow lake at some 3 to 4 m in depth, it is named after the small former island, now peninsula, of Marken that lies within it.
The Markermeer was not originally intended to remain a lake. After the Noordoostpolder, Oost Flevoland and South Flevoland. The Markerwaard, was to occupy the area of the current Markermeer. Part of the construction of this last polder was building the Houtribdijk, finished in 1976.
Because of changing priorities and doubts about the financial feasibility, the Markerwaard was indefinitely postponed in the 1980s and the Markermeer has since begun to become a valuable ecological and recreational asset of its own.
The Markermeer was not originally intended to remain a lake. After the Noordoostpolder, Oost Flevoland and South Flevoland. The Markerwaard, was to occupy the area of the current Markermeer. Part of the construction of this last polder was building the Houtribdijk, finished in 1976.
Because of changing priorities and doubts about the financial feasibility, the Markerwaard was indefinitely postponed in the 1980s and the Markermeer has since begun to become a valuable ecological and recreational asset of its own.
Categories: lake
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markermeer
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 52°32'43"N 5°14'33"E
- Alkmaardermeer 34 km
- IJsselmeer 62 km
- Sieg Heil 94 km
- Breydon Water 243 km
- Ormesby Little Broad 244 km
- Fritton Decoy 244 km
- Ormesby Broad 244 km
- Barton Broad 255 km
- Wroxham Broad 260 km
- Covenham Reservoir 364 km
- Lelystad (municipality) 6.7 km
- Marken 12 km
- Oostvaardersplassen 12 km
- Almere (municipality) 12 km
- Edam-Volendam 13 km
- Waterland 16 km
- Flevoland 20 km
- North Holland 27 km