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Zuider Zee , former shallow inlet of the North Sea, c.80 mi (130 km) long, indenting NE Netherlands. In ancient times Lake Flevo, it was joined to the North Sea by a great flood in the 13th cent. A vast drainage project, begun in 1920, split the old Zuider Zee into the IJsselmeer , S of the IJsselmeer dam, and the Waddenzee, between the dam and the West Frisian Islands. Much of the IJsselmeer has since been reclaimed for farm lands and urban expansion.
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NAME CHANGE BRINGS IMPROVED SALES AT ZUIDER ZEE
Newspaper article from: The Journal Record CHRISTOPHER EDSALL March 29, 1989 700+ words ...specialty seafood restaurants to "Zuider Zee" in early January. The name was...in the market," Adair said. "Zuider Zee is a good, catchy name that has good public approval." Zuider Zee was the name of Adair's popular... |
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Dutch preserve a way of life by the zee that ceased to be
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times Brenda Warner Rotzoll November 12, 1989 700+ words ...battles against the sea has been in the Zuider Zee area north of Amsterdam. Engineers...Afsluitdijk) was closed. The saltwater Zuider Zee ceased to be. In its place was the...locations in villages all around the old Zuider Zee. Walk the cobbled streets and peer... |
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Daily excursions out of Amsterdam simple as A-B-Zee
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times Henry Kisor June 26, 1988 700+ words ...two picturesque towns on the IJsselmeer, the freshwater lake formed by the impoundment of Holland's old saltwater Zuider Zee. The rattly-clank line is a private museum railway operated by Dutch railroad buffs, and this American railfan felt... |
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Now is the time for Christmas dreams
Newspaper article from: Charleston Gazette Alyce Faye Bragg December 5, 2003 700+ words ...if anyone else can recall it. The Zuider Zee Once upon a time, in a queer little town, on the shores of the Zuider Zee, When all the good people were fast...the little folk, who live on the Zuider Zee." Then seating himself in his reindeer... |
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Christmas is a time for love and memories
Newspaper article from: Charleston Gazette Alyce Faye Bragg December 23, 2006 700+ words ...would beg Mom for a poem. Say "Zuider Zee," we would plead. Our late Aunt...We are making memories for them. Zuider Zee Author Unknown Once upon a time...little town on the shores of the Zuider Zee, When all the good people were fast... |
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Travel with The Birmingham Post: Discover the delights of Amsterdam and...
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England) April 16, 2002 700+ words ...sleepy former fishing villages of the Zuider Zee --from just pounds 259 per person...flower gardens, the fascinating Zuider Zee and Amsterdam, one of Europe's...Diamonds factory, Delft Porcelain, Zuider Zee, Amsterdam and Antwerp plus the... |
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Travel with Birmingham Post: Discover the delights of Amsterdam and...
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England) March 19, 2002 700+ words ...sleepy former fishing villages of the Zuider Zee - from just pounds 259 per person...flower gardens, the fascinating Zuider Zee and Amsterdam, one of Europe's...Diamonds factory, Delft Porcelain, Zuider Zee, Amsterdam and Antwerp plus the... |
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Ask General Palmer
Newspaper article from: The Gazette October 9, 2001 700+ words ...been removed. Why he named it Zyder Zee is unknown, although there is speculation...the area resembled Holland. The Zuider Zee Restaurant and Oyster Bar was built...Blvd. In 1969 it changed to the Zuider Zee Restaurant and Speakeasy, where... |
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WINDMILLS STILL POWER NETHERLANDS.(WEEKEND)
Newspaper article from: The Capital Times (Madison, WI) Muckian, Michael July 18, 2003 700+ words ...fishing village, located on the shore of what once was the Zuider Zee outside Amsterdam, is billed as one of the few remaining...Ijsselmeer, which is what the Dutch call the former Zuider Zee since they've separated it from the rest of the Waddenzee... |
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JETSKI GIRL SAVED IN RIVER DRAMA.(News)
Newspaper article from: Sunday Mirror (London, England) May 29, 2005 700+ words ...another 15-year-old was picked up by fishing vessel the Zuider Zee, with her jetski. The shocked youngster told the fishermen...launched. The Cleethorpes and Humber lifeboats joined the Zuider Zee, along with a helicopter from RAF Leconfield in East... |
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Zuider Zee
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Zuider Zee , former shallow inlet of the North Sea, c.80 mi (130 km) long, indenting...the 13th cent. A vast drainage project, begun in 1920, split the old Zuider Zee into the IJsselmeer , S of the IJsselmeer dam, and the Waddenzee, between... |
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IJsselmeer
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Overijssel, and Friesland. It was formed from the old Zuider Zee by the construction of a dam (completed 1932). The...Considerable areas have been reclaimed from the former Zuider Zee since 1932. The largest of the reclaimed areas is the... |
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Harting, Pieter
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...He studied the island of Urk (in what was then the Zuider Zee) and the valley of the Eem River. These investigations...him to give advice on plans for the reclamation of the Zuider Zee. For his physiological research Harting constructed... |
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Ijsselmeer
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Ijsselmeer Large lake in the nw Netherlands. It was formed in 1932 by the completion of a dyke that divided the Zuider Zee into the saline Wadden Zee and the freshwater Ijsselmeer. Length of dyke: 32km (20mi). Area: 1200sq km (460sq mi). |
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canal
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...supplies. The drainage of wet lands may be accomplished by means of a canal; by this method the Fens of England and the Zuider Zee in the Netherlands were drained. Canals can be used for flood control by diverting water from threatened areas into... |
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