polder

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Containing a patch of very highly contaminated wetland on the left bank of the Prypyat River, directly across from the power plant, the polder was built to keep the land from spilling radionuclides into the river during spring floods.

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  1. noun An area of low-lying land, especially in the Netherlands, that has been reclaimed from a body of water and is protected by dikes.

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  • With a polder, the big problem is pumping the water.
  • They must be a lot happier in Emmnes now that the 500 kW transmitters from the Flevo polder (52°21'43. 98 "N 5°27'19. 34" E) have gone off the air ... that kind of power is not something you want next to a sensitive antenna field. —  Critical Distance Weblog
  • You better hurry up because the polder you get finding a good woman with at least one kid becomes damn near impossible because usually good women get snatched up young and those relationships don't work but the relationship usually produces kids.
  • I quite like some of them, especially the Dutch Mosque minarets set in a drowned polder, —  Put 'em all on an island
  • Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud and a team recently donated supplies to farmers in the Canals polder who had been severely affected by flooding while plans are in train to assist other affected areas. —  Stabroek News
 

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/ˈpoʊldər/
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