Is Het IJsselmeer Zoet Of Zout? A Fresh Look at the Netherlands' Largest Lake
Is the IJsselmeer Fresh or Salty? A Story of Human Ingenuity and Environmental Change So, is the IJsselmeer fresh or salty? The short answer, surprisingly, is mostly fresh. But that simple answer belies a truly remarkable story – a tale of human ambition, ingenious engineering, and the ongoing dance between human intervention and the resilience of nature. Before 1932, the answer would have been a resounding "salty." Back then, the area was the Zuiderzee, a vast, shallow bay of the North Sea; a salty embrace of the ocean....