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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Westelijke Polders is a resort in Suriname, located in the Nickerie District. Its population at the 2012 census was 8,616. Its Dutch place name (in English...
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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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Tessa Polder (born 10 October 1997) is a Dutch volleyball player for ASPTT Mulhouse and the Dutch national team. She participated at the 2017 Women's European...
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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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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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Belgian Lorraine. The coastal plain consists mainly of sand dunes and polders. Further inland lies a smooth, slowly rising landscape irrigated by numerous...
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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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New Orleans (category Polders)
New Orleans (commonly known as NOLA or The Big Easy among other nicknames) is a consolidated city-parish located along the Mississippi River in the southeastern...
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Lake) after the river that drains into it, and by means of drainage and polders, an area of some 1,500 km2 (580 sq mi) was reclaimed as land. This land...
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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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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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Kinderdijk is situated in the Alblasserwaard polder at the confluence of the Lek and Noord rivers. To drain the polder, a system of 19 windmills was built around...
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Singapore in recent years. As a result, in 2016 Singapore switched to using polders for reclamation, in which an area is enclosed and then pumped dry. Singapore's...
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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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Southern Flevoland was closed, but several years are required before the polder is genuinely accessible for cultivation, and construction of roads and homes...
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The Zauro polder project is an irrigation scheme that has long been planned for the Rima River floodplain in Kebbi State, Nigeria. The project is controversial...
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