What is the name of the lake which remained when the Zuider Zee was closed and reclaimed in 1932?
Flood control in the Netherlands these waters. The Zuiderzee Works (Zuiderzeewerken) are a system of dams, land reclamation, and water drainage works. The basis of the project was the damming off of the Zuiderzee, a large shallow inlet of the North Sea. This dam, called the Afsluitdijk, was built in 1932–33, separating the Zuiderzee from the North Sea. As result, the Zuider "sea" became the IJsselmeer—IJssel lake. Following the damming, large areas of land were reclaimed in the newly freshwater lake body by means of polders. The works were performed in several steps from 1920 to 1975. Engineer Cornelis Lely played a major part in
Mere (lake) vocatum"" of Robert of Swaffham's version of the Hereward story (Chapter XXVI). If it is, it will have been in existence in the 1070s, when the events of the story took place. Meres similar to those of the English Fens but more numerous and extensive, used to exist in the Netherlands, particularly in Holland. See Haarlemmermeer, for example. However, the Dutch word "meer" is used more generally than the English 'mere'. It means 'lake', as also seen in the name lakes containing "meer" in Northern Germany, e.g. Steinhuder Meer. When the Zuider Zee was enclosed and its salt water became