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    A polder (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈpɔldər] ) is a low-lying tract of land that forms an artificial hydrological entity, enclosed by embankments known as...
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  • POLDER (POLarization and Directionality of the Earth's Reflectances) is a passive optical imaging radiometer and polarimeter instrument developed by the...
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    The Sophia Polder is a polder to the south of Oostburg, Netherlands. It is one of a group of polders in the Ottevaere en Van Damme polder complex [nl]...
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  • The polder model (Dutch: poldermodel) is a method of consensus decision-making, based on the Dutch version of consensus-based economic and social policymaking...
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    North Holland Noordoostpolder (1942) East Flevoland (1957) Overijssel Pilot Polder Andijk (1927) Schokland Urk Waddenzee Wieringermeer (1930) Wieringen South...
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  • hydrological entity. Polder may also refer to: POLDER, an environmental satellite radiometer Dirk Polder (1919–2001), Dutch physicist Tessa Polder (born 1997)...
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    Dirk Polder described a similar effect experienced by a neutral atom in the vicinity of a macroscopic interface, which is called the Casimir–Polder force...
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    defences around polders, maintain the waterways inside a polder, and control the various water levels inside and outside the polder. Water boards hold...
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  • Dirk Polder (23 August 1919 – 18 March 2001) was a Dutch physicist working on solid-state physics, magnetism, molecular physics and nanoscale physics....
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    Spaanse Polder is a neighborhood of Rotterdam, Netherlands. 51°55′50″N 4°25′02″E / 51.93056°N 4.41722°E / 51.93056; 4.41722 v t e...
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    Saramacca Polder is a resort in Suriname, located in the Wanica District. Its population at the 2012 census was 10,217. And the majority of the population...
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    so-called polder in the Netherlands that was reclaimed from a lake, the water being extracted from the lake by windmills. The Beemster polder was drained...
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    The Polder oasis Nekkeveld estate is an area located in the urban heart of Holland, the Netherlands, near Amsterdam, and is part of the hamlet Nekkeveld...
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    Oostelijke Polders is an agricultural area with a focus on rice production. Oostelijke Polder has a clinic and a school. Oostelijke Polders is home to...
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    Dutch language (redirect from Polder Dutch)
    Dutch provinces of Utrecht, North and South Holland, which has been dubbed "Polder Dutch" by Jan Stroop. Such speakers pronounce ⟨ij/ei⟩, ⟨ou/au⟩ and ⟨ui⟩...
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    Kinderdijk is situated in the Alblasserwaard polder at the confluence of the Lek and Noord rivers. To drain the polder, a system of 19 windmills was built around...
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    windmills are a group of 19 monumental windmills in the Alblasserwaard polder, in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. Most of the mills are part...
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    The southern end of Pitt Lake features an extensive marshland called Pitt Polder. While most of this marshland has since been drained for agricultural use...
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    Markerwaard (category Polders of North Holland)
    projected a polder in the south-west of the Zuiderzee, originally named Hoornsche Polder, referring to Hoorn, then simply "Southwest Polder". Later the...
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    Andijk (section Test polder)
    40-hectare (99-acre) test polder, which was built in the Zuiderzee in 1926–1927 as a test run for the construction of the Wieringermeer polder, is located at Andijk...
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  • Tessa Polder (born 10 October 1997) is a Dutch volleyball player for ASPTT Mulhouse and the Dutch national team. She participated at the 2017 Women's European...
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    behind the dunes consists of polder landscape lying well below sea level. At present the lowest point in Holland is a polder near Rotterdam, which is about...
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    Archived from the original on 17 March 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2011. "Tatsuda polder sluice gates". Aichi Prefecture. Retrieved 27 March 2011. 35°06′03″N 136°43′36″E...
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    situated below sea level. Most of the areas below sea level, known as polders, are the result of land reclamation that began in the 14th century. In...
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    Land reclamation Old land The pilot Polder Andijk, or Test Polder Andijk, Proefpolder Andijk in Dutch, is a polder established in 1926 - 1927 in the Zuiderzee...
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    Koog (section Polders)
    A koog (plural: köge) or groden is a type of polder found on the North Sea coast of Germany that is established by the construction of dykes enclosing...
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  • The Polder tensor is a tensor introduced by Dirk Polder for the description of magnetic permeability of ferrites. The tensor notation needs to be used...
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    Janieck van de Polder (Dutch pronunciation: [jɑnik fɑn də pɔldər]; born (1984-06-24)24 June 1984), better known by his stage name Janieck Devy or just...
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    Flevopolder (category Polders of Flevoland)
    The Flevopolder is an island polder forming the bulk of Flevoland, a province of the Netherlands. Created by land reclamation, its northeastern part was...
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    52°22′33″N 4°40′59″E / 52.37583°N 4.68306°E / 52.37583; 4.68306 The Battle of Haarlemmermeer was a naval engagement fought on 26 May 1573, during the...
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