A polder (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈpɔldər] ) is a low-lying tract of land that forms an artificial hydrological entity, enclosed by embankments known as...
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POLDER (POLarization and Directionality of the Earth's Reflectances) is a passive optical imaging radiometer and polarimeter instrument developed by the...
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The polder model (Dutch: poldermodel) is a method of consensus decision-making, based on the Dutch version of consensus-based economic and social policymaking...
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Casimir effect (redirect from Casimir-polder force)
Dirk Polder, described a similar effect experienced by a neutral atom in the vicinity of a macroscopic interface which is called the Casimir–Polder force...
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Zuiderzee Works (redirect from Ijsselmeer Polders)
North Holland Noordoostpolder (1942) East Flevoland (1957) Overijssel Pilot Polder Andijk (1927) Schokland Urk Waddenzee Wieringermeer (1930) Wieringen South...
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hydrological entity. Polder may also refer to: POLDER, an environmental satellite radiometer Dirk Polder (1919–2001), Dutch physicist Tessa Polder (born 1997)...
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Land reclamation in the Netherlands (section Polders)
defences around polders, maintain the waterways inside a polder, and control the various water levels inside and outside the polder. Water boards hold...
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Dirk Polder (23 August 1919 – 18 March 2001) was a Dutch physicist working on solid-state physics, magnetism, molecular physics and nanoscale physics....
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Beemster (redirect from Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder))
Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. The Beemster is the first polder in the Netherlands reclaimed from a lake, the water extracted by windmills...
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Dutch language (redirect from Polder Dutch)
Dutch provinces of Utrecht, North and South Holland, which has been dubbed "Polder Dutch" by Jan Stroop. Such speakers pronounce ⟨ij/ei⟩, ⟨ou/au⟩ and ⟨ui⟩...
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Spaanse Polder is a neighborhood of Rotterdam, Netherlands. 51°55′50″N 4°25′02″E / 51.93056°N 4.41722°E / 51.93056; 4.41722 v t e...
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Saramacca Polder is a resort in Suriname, located in the Wanica District. Its population at the 2012 census was 10,217. And the majority of the population...
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Oostelijke Polders is an agricultural area with a focus on rice production. Oostelijke Polder has a clinic and a school. Oostelijke Polders is home to...
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The Sophia Polder is a polder to the south of Oostburg, Netherlands. It is one of a group of polders in the Ottevaere en Van Damme polder complex [nl]...
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Andijk (section Test polder)
The Pilot Polder Andijk, of 40 hectares (99 acres), was built in 1926 and 1927 as a test-bed for the construction of the Wieringermeer polder. Reclaimed...
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The Polder oasis Nekkeveld estate is an area located in the urban heart of Holland, the Netherlands, near Amsterdam, and is part of the hamlet Nekkeveld...
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Markerwaard (category Polders of North Holland)
projected a polder in the south-west of the Zuiderzee, originally named Hoornsche Polder, referring to Hoorn, then simply "Southwest Polder". Later the...
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Land reclamation Old land The pilot Polder Andijk, or Test Polder Andijk, Proefpolder Andijk in Dutch, is a polder established in 1926 - 1927 in the Zuiderzee...
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Janieck Devy (redirect from Janieck van de Polder)
Janieck van de Polder (Dutch pronunciation: [jaːˈnik fɑn də ˈpɔldər]; born (1994-06-24)24 June 1994), better known by his stage name Janieck Devy or just...
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Pitt Lake (redirect from Pitt Polder Ecological Reserve)
The southern end of Pitt Lake features an extensive marshland called Pitt Polder. While most of this marshland has since been drained for agricultural use...
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The Polder tensor is a tensor introduced by Dirk Polder for the description of magnetic permeability of ferrites. The tensor notation needs to be used...
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Flevopolder (category Polders of Flevoland)
The Flevopolder is an island polder forming the bulk of Flevoland, a province of the Netherlands. Created by land reclamation, its northeastern part was...
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On 17 April 1945, the retreating German occupying forces inundated the polder of Wieringermeer, the Netherlands. In 1945 German forces occupying the Netherlands...
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Tatsuta wajū sluice gates (redirect from Tatsuta polder sluice gates)
Archived from the original on 17 March 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2011. "Tatsuda polder sluice gates". Aichi Prefecture. Retrieved 27 March 2011. 35°06′03″N 136°43′36″E...
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behind the dunes consists of polder landscape lying well below sea level. At present the lowest point in Holland is a polder near Rotterdam, which is about...
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with 26% below sea level. Most of the areas below sea level, known as polders, are the result of land reclamation that began in the 14th century. In...
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Holland Marsh (category Polders)
reclaimed for farming is a 7,200-acre (2,915-hectare) municipally drained polder south-west of the town of Bradford proper, of which 40% lies in King Township...
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Achtermeer (category Polders)
The Achtermeer polder, south of Alkmaar in the Dutch province of North Holland, is the first known polder in the Netherlands. In 1532, Emperor Charles...
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Flevoland (category Polders of Flevoland)
They are two polders with a joint hydrological infrastructure, with a dividing dike in the middle, the Knardijk, that will keep one polder safe if the...
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