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The Dutch made about 1400 km^2 of new land in the previous century: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flevoland https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flevoland
by kaffeemitsahne 7y ago
The Dutch made about 1400 km^2 of new land in the previous century:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flevoland https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flevoland
- Goz3rr 7y agoFor reference, almost 10% of the Netherlands consists of polders (reclaimed land)
- eru 7y agoSingapore grew by 22% since independence in 1965 thanks to land reclamation. And they started reclaiming before that already. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_reclamation_in_Singapore https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_reclamation_in_Singapore
- neoeldex 7y agoNot only flevoland, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wieringermeer https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wieringermeer. But we also have to give back some land for nature: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertogin_Hedwigepolder#cite_note-2 https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertogin_Hedwigepolder#cite_no... (only dutch though)