The Eemmeer is a lake situated in the middle of the Netherlands between the provinces of Flevoland and Utrecht, Noord-Holland. It measures 1340 ha and contains one small island, the Dode Hond. The Eemmeer is one in a series of peripheral lakes used to geohydrologically detach the low-lying polders of Flevoland from higher old mainland. The Eemmeer is connected to the peripheral lakes Gooimeer in the west at the point where both lakes are crossed by the highway A27 bridge and the Nijkerkernauw in the east. Flevoland is a province of the Netherlands. ... Jump to: navigation, search Utrecht is the smallest province of the Netherlands, and is located in the center of the country. ... North Holland: (Dutch: Noord-Holland) is a province of the Netherlands, located in the northwest part of the country. ... Hydrogeology (hydro- meaning water, and -geology meaning the study of rocks) is the part of hydrology that deals with the distribution and movement of groundwater in the soil and rocks of the Earths crust (commonly in Aquifers). ... A polder is a low-lying tract of land that forms an artificial hydrological entity, enclosed by embankments known as dikes and requiring drainage by pumps to prevent the water table within it from rising too high. ... The Gooimeer is a lake in the Netherlands between the southeastern part of North Holland and Flevoland. ...