Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Reclaimed and brought into the condition of a polder; brought under cultivation. See polder.

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Examples

  • Some degradation can be attributed to water regulation through canal, dyke and channel realignment and agricultural intensification within empoldered areas.

    Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve, Romania 2009

  • Some measures are already being taken to restore seriously degraded sites in the empoldered areas including flooding to restore a water regime with a low intensity fishing regime.

    Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve, Romania 2009

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