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How does the Netherlands increases its territory every year This is the map of Netherlands from the 14th century. Rising sea levels would normally make the Netherlands to shrink in size even more by the present time. Instead, this is how the Netherlands look today. It expanded its territory with 18% in the last 700 years. You see, this new land represents the spoils of a war. But not with a neighbor country, as it's usually the case, but with the ocean. The final blow the Netherlands gave to the ocean was this massive dike built in 1932. This enclosure dike is 32 kilometers long. And by separating this part of the Netherlands, they actually transformed the sea into a fresh water lake. They drained out the salty water while this river continuously provided fresh water instead. What's truly amazing is that this polder's here. Flevoland polder and the Nordoost polder didn't exist before the Absolut dike. And represent the new land of the Netherlands created in the last 90 years. Which is around the same size as the metropolitan area of Paris.