Flevoland

Polder / province in IJsselmeer region, Netherlands. Part of Netherlands (Literary).

At a glance

Source	Author	Role	In one line
Why are the Dutch So Famous for Waterworks?	Practical Engineering	subject	Four huge polders were built on former seafloor after the Zuiderzee was closed.

The later three polders became Flevoland (FLAYvo-lahnd), a totally new province of dry land reclaimed from the sea.

Role: subject
In the article: Four huge polders were built on former seafloor after the Zuiderzee was closed. The later ones retained bordering lakes to avoid groundwater loss, and crops rehabilitated the salty soil.
Why it matters: It shows land reclamation at scale and is the setting where the opening aqueduct sits.