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The Dutch artificial island 'Flevopolder' is ~970 square km. So, I wouldn't say giant when there is an artificial island that has a 373x larger surface area. h
by danieldk 5y ago
The Dutch artificial island 'Flevopolder' is ~970 square km. So, I wouldn't say giant when there is an artificial island that has a 373x larger surface area.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flevopolder https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flevopolder
It is still a very nice project nonetheless!
- dan-robertson 5y agoBut that’s a polder made mostly by building dykes and draining the land rather than raising up the ground level across 970 square km. Flevopolder is about 4m below sea level. I think the plan here is different and will not be done by building up dykes and draining the area inside.
- bombcar 5y agoYeah replacing water with air is a big project but replacing water and air with land is bigger.
- tgv 5y agoEven IJburg (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IJburg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IJburg) is 2.2km^2.