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Verdronken Zwarte Polder Nature Reserve
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Dominiek Van Dooren
April 21, 2026
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The Verdronken Zwarte Polder is a so-called slufter - an area behind a breached dune row - and originated in 1802. In fact, this area originated from a dike breach, …
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Bloggmaus
August 27, 2024
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“De verdronken zwarte Polder” near Nieuwvliet-Bad is a polder that was reclaimed from the sea and dammed in 1623, but which the North Sea reclaimed in a major storm surge in 1802: the dyke broke and the land was flooded through the resulting hole.
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