Concept information

Preferred term

land reclamation  

Definition

  • Making land capable of more intensive use by changing its general character, as by drainage of excessively wet land; irrigation of arid or semiarid land; or recovery of submerged land from seas, lakes and rivers.

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URI

http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/4641

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