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Zuider Zee Information |
 | | These areas, known as polders, were respectively the Wieringermeer, the Noordoostpolder, and Flevoland. |
 | | This enormous project under the direction of Cornelis Lely, called the Zuiderzeeworks, ran from 1919 to 1986, culminating in the creation of the new province of Flevoland. |
 | | The reclamation project was originally intended to reclaim the former southwestern portion of the Zuiderzee, a body of water now known as the Markermeer, but this final stage of the reclamation project was indefinitely postponed in the 1980s. |
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