Knardijk, Land division levee in Flevoland, Netherlands.
Knardijk is a compartmentation dike in Flevoland, the Netherlands, running through open flat land and separating East Flevoland from South Flevoland. Along its length, two locks control the water levels between the canals on either side.
The dike was built in 1957 as the southern outer dike of East Flevoland, during the large effort to drain and create new land from the former Zuiderzee. When South Flevoland was later reclaimed, it became an interior dike standing between two new polders.
The dike forms part of the Dutch approach to water management and shows how communities transformed wetlands into dry land. Walking along it, you notice how the landscape differs completely on each side.
The dike can be reached by car or bicycle and runs through open countryside with wide views on both sides. Wind is common in this area, so it is worth bringing a windproof layer regardless of the season.
The name comes from De Knar, a shallow area of the former Zuiderzee that once lay exactly where the dike now stands. Anyone crossing it today is passing over what was once the bed of an inland sea.
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