Land reclamation

Land reclamation is either of two distinct practices. One involves a change from an area's natural state, the other restoring an area to a more natural state.

Creating agricultural or inhabitable land

Land reclamation is the creation of agricultural or inhabitable land, generally through irrigation.

Related Topics:
Agricultural - Irrigation

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Repairing damaged land

Land reclamation (also called land rehabilitation) is also the process of cleaning up a site that has sustained environmental degradation, such as strip mining. This can be done to allow for some form of human use (such as a housing development) or to restore the area to its natural state as a wildlife habitat.

Related Topics:
Environmental degradation - Strip mining - Housing development

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