MOKBAAI AND MOKSLOOT

From the ferry you have a view of the Mokbaai on the left, an inlet between the Hors and the southern polders of Texel. The Mok Bay is the remnant of an earlier waterway that was silted up in the 18th century. The bay now consists largely of salt marshes and falls almost completely dry at low tide. It is then an important foraging area for waterfowl.
Via the Moksloot dune water ends up in the Mokbaai. The Moksloot was dug in 1880 to drain the dunes and create pasture. To prevent the dunes from drying out and to retain water for drinking water extraction, the Moksloot was dammed in 1956. In 1993, water extraction stopped and the connection with the sea was restored. Provisions have been made to retain as much water in the dunes as is necessary for the preservation of wet dune valleys.

At the photo: Point where the Moksloot flows into the Mokbaai

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