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A polder ( Dutch pronunciation: [ˈpɔldər] ⓘ) is a low-lying tract of land that forms an artificial hydrological entity, enclosed by embankments known as dikes. The three types of polder are: Land reclaimed from a body of water, such as a lake or the seabed. Flood plains separated from the sea or river by a dike.
Polder, tract of lowland reclaimed from a body of water, often the sea, by the construction of dikes roughly parallel to the shoreline, followed by drainage of the area between the dikes and the natural coastline. Where the land surface is above low-tide level, the water may be drained off through.
A polder is an artificial tract of land reclaimed from water from marshes, estuaries, lakes or coastal areas. Most often the level of the tract of land is lower than that of the sea. How are polders made?
The traditional polders in The Netherlands have been formed from the 12th century onwards, when people started creating arable land by draining delta swamps into nearby rivers. In the process, the drained peat started oxidizing, thus soil levels lowered, up to river water levels and lower.
Sep 15, 2019 · WHAT ARE POLDERS? Responding to queries from TODAY on Sept 3, Professor Benjamin Horton of Nanyang Technological University’s Asian School of the Environment said that a polder is “a low-lying...
Sep 8, 2019 · For the next few centuries, the Dutch worked to slowly push back the water of the Zuiderzee, building dikes and creating polders (the term used to describe any piece of land reclaimed from water). Once dikes were built, canals and pumps were used to drain the land and to keep it dry.
A polder is a large area of land containing farms and villages encircled by dikes. The polder system could isolate the flooding to a smaller area.
Empoldering involves the use of a polder, a piece of land in a low-lying area that has been reclaimed from a body of water by building dikes and drainage canals. Although empoldering is usually carried out in low-lying coastal areas, it can also be done in inland areas such as lakes and rivers.
Jan 1, 2014 · Polder is a Dutch word originally meaning silted-up land or earthen wall, and generally used to designate a piece of land reclaimed from the sea or from inland water. It is used for a drained marsh, a reclaimed coastal zone, or a lake dried out by pumping.
Sep 15, 2019 · Polders are tracts of land that lie below sea level and are reclaimed from the ocean, lakes, rivers or wetlands through the building of dykes, drainage canals and pumping stations, according to...
