The Wolderwijd is a
bordering lake
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.''Wateralmanak 200 ...
situated in the
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, created in 1967 by the gaining of land in Southern
Flevoland.
It is one of four
Veluwe bordering lakes. On the northern and western bank it is encompassed by the municipality of
Zeewolde
Zeewolde () is a municipality and a town in the Flevoland province in the central Netherlands. It has a population of approximately 22,000 (2017). It is situated in the polder of Flevoland with the small lake called the Wolderwijd to the east. ...
, in the Province of Flevoland, and on the southern and eastern bank it is encompassed by the municipality of
Harderwijk
Harderwijk (; Dutch Low Saxon: ) is a municipality and city of the Netherlands.
It is served by the Harderwijk railway station.
Its population centres are Harderwijk and Hierden.
Harderwijk is on the western boundary of the Veluwe. The south ...
in the Province of Gelderland. As the bordering lakes of Flevoland are strictly speaking one mass of water there are no exact markers on where the Wolderwijd ends and the adjacent lakes start. In the west near Strand Horst the Wolderwijd becomes the
Nuldernauw and in the east at the
aqueduct at the provincial road N302 it becomes the
Veluwemeer
The Veluwemeer (Dutch) or Lake Veluwe is a bordering lake in the Netherlands, between the provinces of Flevoland on the west side and Gelderland on the east side. It is a narrow lake that stretches from south-west to north-east. South of Harderwijk ...
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Use
The lake was created as a buffer between the old land of the Veluwe
The Veluwe () is a forest-rich ridge of hills (1100 km2) in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands. The Veluwe features many different landscapes, including woodland, heath, some small lakes and Europe's largest sand drifts.
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and the newly created Flevopolder
The Flevopolder is an island polder forming the bulk of Flevoland, a province of the Netherlands. Created by land reclamation, its northeastern part was drained in 1955 and the remainder—the southwest—in 1968.
Boundaries
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, to ensure that the water level of the Veluwe would not drop.[ The lake receives water from the neighboring Veluwemeer and several streams and sluices. An additional source is low-phosphate water from the Flevopolder to counter ]eutrophication
Eutrophication is the process by which an entire body of water, or parts of it, becomes progressively enriched with minerals and nutrients, particularly nitrogen and phosphorus. It has also been defined as "nutrient-induced increase in phytopla ...
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The lake, together with the Nuldernauw, has also been designated as a Ramsar wetland of international importance since 29 August 2000. It was designated as such because it held over 1% of relevant biogeographical populations of two bird species, the swan species '' Cygnus bewickii'' (1.6%) and the ]common pochard
The common pochard (; ''Aythya ferina'') is a medium-sized diving duck. The scientific name is derived from Greek '' aithuia'', an unidentified seabird mentioned by authors including Hesychius and Aristotle, and Latin ''ferina'', "wild game", ...
''(Aythya ferina)'' (2.1%).[
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References
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External links
Ramsar information sheet on Wolderwijd
Lakes of the Netherlands
Ramsar sites in the Netherlands
Harderwijk
Zeewolde
Landforms of Flevoland
Landforms of Gelderland