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Oostvaardersplassen is a 56-square-kilometer nature reserve in Flevoland, Netherlands, notable for developing unintentionally on a polder created after the Zuidelijk Flevoland drainage in 1968. Initially planned for industrial use, the area naturally developed into a wetland ecosystem that now hosts...

The Wexford Slobs are areas of low-lying reclaimed land bordering Wexford Harbour in southeastern Ireland. Created through embankment and drainage of tidal mudflats, the North and South Slobs form polders used for agriculture and managed wetland habitat. The area is internationally important for wat...

Lauwersmeer is a freshwater lake and surrounding wetland area located in the northern Netherlands, situated on the border of the provinces of Groningen and Friesland. The area was originally an inlet of the Wadden Sea known as the Lauwers Sea until it was enclosed by a dam in 1969, transitioning the...

Tøndermarsken is a low-lying, reclaimed salt marsh located in Southern Jutland, Denmark, immediately adjacent to the German border. The landscape has historically been shaped by extensive dyke construction to manage tidal floods from the Wadden Sea. Recognized as a Ramsar site, the wetland provides...

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Romney Marsh is a low-lying coastal wetland and agricultural area spanning parts of Kent and East Sussex in southeastern England. Much of its landscape was reclaimed through drainage and protected by sea defenses, producing a flat terrain crossed by ditches and waterways. The area is associated with...

North Slob is an area of reclaimed coastal land located along the southern shore of Wexford Harbour in southeast Ireland. Created in the 19th century through the construction of sea walls, the area now serves primarily as fertile agricultural farmland. A significant portion of this wetland environme...

The Marais Breton, also known as the Marais Breton-Vendéen, is a prominent wetland region situated along the Atlantic coast of western France, spanning the Vendée and Loire-Atlantique departments. The landscape consists of two distinct areas: historically reclaimed freshwater marshes used for grazin...

The Adige Delta is the low-lying river-mouth region where the Adige, Italy's second-longest river, reaches the Adriatic Sea. Its landscape has been shaped by channels, embankments, drainage works, and historical land reclamation, which converted substantial wet areas for settlement and agriculture....

Holland Marsh is a wetland and agricultural district about 50 kilometres north of Toronto, Ontario. Drainage work led by agricultural researcher William H. Day began in 1925, using canals, dykes, and pumps to control water and expose fertile organic soil for farming. The area is known for commercial...

Walland Marsh is a historic wetland area in Kent, England, within the wider Romney Marsh landscape. Much of the marsh has been drained and reclaimed, leaving a man-made network of ditches, banks, and grazing land shaped by centuries of water management. The name is used for a rural landscape rather...

The Arno Delta is the coastal delta formed where the Arno River reaches the Tyrrhenian Sea in Tuscany, Italy. Its low-lying plain consists largely of river-deposited sediment and has been substantially altered by flood-control works, channel changes, drainage, and other human activity. The area is s...

The Pontine Plain is a low-lying coastal region in Lazio, Italy, south of Rome, bounded inland by the Lepini, Ausoni, and Aurunci Mountains and opening toward the Tyrrhenian Sea. Much of the area was historically marshy and vulnerable to stagnant water and malaria. Large-scale drainage and land recl...

Saemangeum is a coastal estuarine area on South Korea's Yellow Sea coast, near Gunsan and Buan. The Saemangeum reclamation project began in 1991 and used a 33-kilometre seawall, completed in 2010, to enclose tidal flats for planned reclaimed land and a freshwater lake. The project became an environm...