Zuidplaspolder

The Zuidplaspolder is a polder in the western Netherlands, located northeast of Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland,[1] neighbouring settlements such as Zuidplas, Zevenhuizen, Waddinxveen, Moerkapelle, Gouda, Moordrecht, and Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel.

It reaches a depth of 6.76 metres (22 feet 2 inches) below average sea level.

Due to lots of soil extraction, there was a large deep lake named the Zuidplas ("South puddle") until the 19th century.

Forty years later, steam pumphouses took over the area and started to regulate the water level.

On 19 May 2021, the Municipality of Zuidplas announced that there will be a new settlement named Vijfde Dorp ("Fifth village"), along with a renovated surrounding landscape and two industrial estates.