Photo taken on Aug. 15, 2022 shows dried soil on a section of the Afsluitdijk, a dam separating the IJsselmeer lake and the Wadden Sea, in the Netherlands.18 (Xinhua) -- Viewed from the sky, the Afsluitdijk is like a long wall running 32 kilometers straight through the sea, defending Lake IJssel, the largest freshwater lake in the Netherlands, from the intrusion of seawater.