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The Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency published a map of surface water bodies in the Netherlands in 2010. [1] The map distinguishes over 20 different types of water bodies, including those with salty, brackish and fresh water. These water bodies encompass natural and artificial lakes of varying sizes, peat puddles and fens.
Pages in category "Lakes of the Netherlands" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
The Frisian Lakes attract boaters from all over the Netherlands in the summer. The highlight of the Frisian boating season is the Sneekweek, an annual boating event held in Sneek , the largest town of the area.
Hindeloopen, view of the IJsselmeer. The IJsselmeer [a] (Dutch: [ˌɛisəlˈmeːr] ⓘ; West Frisian: Iselmar, Dutch Low Saxon: Iesselmeer), also known as Lake IJssel in English, [3] is a closed-off freshwater lake in the central Netherlands bordering the provinces of Flevoland, North Holland and Friesland.
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The region of the Netherlands c. 50 AD. In classical times there was already a body of water in this location, called Lake Flevo (Flevo Lacus [2]) by Roman authors. [3] This was the central and largest lake in a region filled with a mixture of lowland and freshwater lakes occupying the area later filled by the Zuiderzee.
In the Netherlands, the bordering lakes (in Dutch: Randmeren) are a chain of lakes which separate the Flevopolder and Noordoostpolder from the ancient lands of the provinces of Gelderland, Utrecht, Overijssel and Friesland.
Sailing on the river Zijp, one of the connecting waterways Historical map of the lakes in 1617. The Kagerplassen (a Dutch term meaning "the Kaag Lakes") is a small lake system in South Holland located to the northeast of Leiden. [1] The Kaag Lakes are a popular area for boating, watersports, fishing, camping and walking.