Zuider

Japanese: Zuider
Zuider

…Area: 1,200 km2. Originally an inland sea facing the North Sea, the Zuiderzee was renamed in 1932 when a dike was completed to separate it from the North Sea and it became a freshwater lake. The Zuiderzee is only 5.5 meters deep, and while storms from the North Sea often caused high tides, seawater flowed into inland waterways in summer, causing salt damage. …

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Japanese:

…面積1200km2。元来北海に面した内海ゾイデルZuider海であったが,1932年,北海との間を締め切る堤防が完成して淡水湖となり,現名に改称された。ゾイデル海は水深が5.5mと浅く,北海の暴風がしばしば高潮を起こす一方,夏季には海水が内陸の水路に流れ込んで塩害を与えていた。…

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