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| | Lake Markermeer (Important Birds Areas of Netherlands) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26) |
 | | A4i, A4iii, B1i, B2, C2, C3, C4, C6 Site description A stagnant freshwater lake, separated from Lake IJsselmeer (034) by the closing of the Houtribdijk in 1975, and bordered to the east by the polders Oostelijk and Zuidelijk Flevoland (reclaimed in 1957 and 1968). |
 | | The lake is connected to Lake Gooimeer (044) in the south-east, and is also adjacent to Oostvaardersplassen (066) and Lepelaarsplassen (067) in the east, via the Zuidelijk Flevoland polder. |
 | | A small part of the area lies in the `Eemmeer, Gooimeer en IJmeer' SPA (as part of the IJmeer). |
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