User:BrightSunMan/Slotermeer, Friesland

The Slotermeer (official ) is a Frisian Lake in the southwest of the province of Friesland, in the Netherlands.

Description
The Slotermeer lies to the north of the city of Sloten, to the ease of Balk and to the south of Woudsend. From it flows the Slotergat to Sloten, the Ee (Woudsend) to Woudsend and the Luts (river) to Balk. The lake sometimes just 1.2 meters deep outside the fairways. Towards east next to the fairway, the water depth is about a meter.

During the Elfstedentocht, a tour skating event, the route fares over the Slotermeer twice, once from IJlst to Sloten and once from Sloten towards Stavoren. The lake is often used as a bottleneck in the route: it freezes relatively late and both kluning and ice transportation is impossible. Hence, it is expected that participants must wait before the ice naturally grows.