In the Netherlands, construction of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afsluitdijk" id="mwhw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Afsluitdijk">Afsluitdijk</a> is completed and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zuiderzee" id="mwiA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Zuiderzee">Zuiderzee</a> bay is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zuiderzee_Works" id="mwiQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Zuiderzee Works">converted</a> to the freshwater <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IJsselmeer" id="mwig" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="IJsselmeer">IJsselmeer</a>.