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• n  low-lying land that has been reclaimed and is protected by dikes (especially in the Netherlands)

• When Frans De Waal was growing up in the flat south of the Netherlands in the 1950s, he would ride his bicycle to the polder low-lying land reclaimed from the water along .
• In one section, the Wieringen polder.

News & Articles

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• Bangladesh polders under threat
  Changing weather patterns, poor maintenance and lack of investment are taking their toll on Bangladesh's extensive polder system, viewed by many as a first line of defence for coastal communities against tidal surges, experts say.
  June 27, 2013 - IRIN

Quotes

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• Adamu Aliero in AllAfrica.com
  Like those people of Canal Number Two Polder the people in Black Bush Polder are not rich people they are poor farmers. So the question arises as to whether the exercise was aimed at striking terror or testing the posture of the law enforcement... Clement Rohee http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clement_Rohee&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGUfJk9AAB_B27ZpwWqJtQQAaGcqw Stabroek News http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.stabroeknews.com/index.pl/article_general_news%3Fid%3D56515594&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGVwGRbPT7kSwnt01qqFJwpbt5kXw Mar 8, 2007 75680 102161 polder Aliero said to consolidate the achievement recorded, all on-going water and electricity projects would be completed, the state university, zauro polder irrigation and some major roads projects would reach appreciable stage, while educational,...