polders

At risk are not only the homes and livelihoods of hundreds of thousands, but also the centuries-long effort to turn the region's marsh and floodplain into what are known as polders by building more than 500 kilometers (300 miles) of dikes.

ANC Daily News Briefing 1995

This kept the North Sea （ 北海 ） water out … to deal with the inside water they made what are called polders （ 堤坝 ）.

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These reclaimed lands are called 'polders': We began draining them nearly a thousand years ago.

Archive 2006-07-01 2006

These reclaimed lands are called 'polders': We began draining them nearly a thousand years ago.

polder 2006

In the country-side the dykes were neglected, great stretches of "polders" were again flooded by the sea, and wolves and bears infested the woods.

Belgium From the Roman Invasion to the Present Day Emile Cammaerts 1915

In the eleventh century, with the conquest of new "polders" upon the sea and the extension of the area of rich low meadows, the quantity of wool increased considerably, and, more raw material becoming available, the cloth industry developed accordingly.

Belgium From the Roman Invasion to the Present Day Emile Cammaerts 1915

The reclaimed lands, or "polders," include not only the sea-bottom, but the coast marshes as well; even the rivers are bordered with levees in order to prevent overflows.

Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges 1895

In the decades to follow, up till 1968, there evolved through further dike construction three "polders" or landfill areas, Noordoost -, Ost - and

The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

In the decades to follow, up till 1968, there evolved through further dike construction three "polders" or landfill areas, Noordoost -, Ost - and

The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

The Netherlands is below sea level, and "polders" are chunks of land that have been reclaimed from the sea.

In Defence of Marxism 2008