The Wadden Islands are part of a long chain of islands to the north of the Netherlands and Germany, extending up to Denmark. Between the islands and the mainland lies the Wadden Sea, which largely dries up at low tide.
The Wadden Sea shows what large parts of the Netherlands looked like in the past, which are now behind dikes or dune belts. It is now a unique feeding area for birds. The largest island is the Dutch Texel.
The Wadden Islands are part of a beach ridge system. Before the last ice ages, the Wadden Islands were a sand accumulation (beach ridge system) at the edge of sea and land. After the ice ages, the ice began to melt and the sea level rose. Here and there, the water broke through the beach accumulations along channels in the behind beach plains. Eventually, an isolated set of islands was formed. Their elongated shape is due to the currents, which become stronger towards the east. That is also why the islands get shorter towards the east.
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