reclamation construction

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• reclamation — [[t]re̱kləme͟ɪʃ(ə)n[/t]] N UNCOUNT Reclamation is the process of changing land that is unsuitable for farming or building into land that can be used. ...centuries of sea wall construction and the reclamation of dry land from the marshes... The… …   English dictionary

• Land reclamation — For the sense of restoration, see land restoration. Reclaimed redirects here. For other uses, see Reclaim. Reclaiming in Perth, Australia 1964 Land reclamation, usually known as reclamation, is the process to create new land from sea or riverbeds …   Wikipedia

• Newlands Reclamation Act — The Reclamation Act (also known as the Lowlands Reclamation Act or National Reclamation Act) of 1902 (Pub.L. 57 161) is a United States federal law that funded irrigation projects for the arid lands of 20 states in the American West. The act at… …   Wikipedia

• Central and Wan Chai Reclamation — is a project launched by the Hong Kong Government since the 1990s to reclaim land for different purposes.BackgroundThe project was first mentioned in the 1985 planning strategy by the Government. [150 Years of Hong Kong Harbour and Land… …   Wikipedia

• United States Bureau of Reclamation — The Bureau of Reclamation (formerly the United States Reclamation Service) is an agency under the U.S. Department of the Interior and oversees water resource management, specifically as it applies to the oversight, operation, or both, of numerous …   Wikipedia

• Praya East Reclamation Scheme — (Chinese: zh. 海旁東填海計劃) was a large scale land reclamation project in Colonial Hong Kong lasting from 1921 to 1931 under Sir Catchick Paul Chater. [http://www.amo.gov.hk/form/AAB Paper129 queen annexb e.pdf Amo.gov.hk] ] ProposalThe plan was first …   Wikipedia

• Western Reclamation — The Western Reclamation (also known as Wynyard Point, Wynyard Wharf or Tank Farm, though these strictly designate only parts of the whole), is a reclaimed piece of land on the Waitemata Harbour at the western edge of the Auckland waterfront in… …   Wikipedia

• Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago — District Seal The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRDGC), originally known as the Sanitary District of Chicago is a special purpose district, chartered to operate in northern Illinois since 1889. Although its name may …   Wikipedia

• Klamath Reclamation Project — The Klamath Reclamation Project or Klamath Project was developed by the United States Bureau of Reclamation to supply farmers with irrigation water and farmland in the Klamath Basin. Two main sources supply water for the project: Upper Klamath… …   Wikipedia

• River reclamation — The construction of new buildings and new roads accelerates the discharge of surface water runoff and raises flood peaks in the lower reachers of river catchments. River banks therefore have to be raised and flood channels have to be constructed …   Wikipedia

• Ministry of Construction of Heavy Industry — The Ministry of Construction of Heavy Industry of the USSR (Russian: Министерство строительства тяжелой промышленности СССР) was a central government institution charged with leading the heavy industry of the Soviet Union. The ministry… …   Wikipedia