🌿 The Afsluitdijk turns a sea into a lake (1932)
It is a giant wall that protects the land from floods.
Where: Afsluitdijk, Netherlands
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📅 On This Day: May 28
May 28, 1932: The Afsluitdijk turns a sea into a lake. On this day in 1932, the last gap in the Afsluitdijk, a 32-kilometer dam in the Netherlands, was closed. It cut the Zuiderzee off from the North Sea, and the salty sea slowly became a freshwater lake, the IJsselmeer.
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🧠 Question of the day
What did the sea become after the dam was built?
- A desert
- A freshwater lake
- A glacier
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Answer: A freshwater lake
Questions
What happened on May 28?
May 28, 1932: The Afsluitdijk turns a sea into a lake. It happened in Afsluitdijk, Netherlands.
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