The Gorzen is a

nature park A nature park, or sometimes natural park, is a designation for a protected natural area by means of long-term land planning, sustainable resource management and limitation of agricultural and real estate developments. These valuable landscape ...

in the Dutch

province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ...

South Holland South Holland ( nl, Zuid-Holland ) is a province of the Netherlands with a population of over 3.7 million as of October 2021 and a population density of about , making it the country's most populous province and one of the world's most densely ...

, located on the eastside of Ridderkerk, between the New Veer and the New harbor. The

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- and

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park A park is an area of natural, semi-natural or planted space set aside for human enjoyment and recreation or for the protection of wildlife or natural habitats. Urban parks are urban green space, green spaces set aside for recreation inside t ...

The Gorzen is a former dumpsite with a total

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of . The

was formed in consequences of all kinds of activities and circumstances in a period of half a

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shaped in a hillside

with a few

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s and brooks.

External links

Nature association Ridderkerk

Ridderkerk (official website)
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