this is true.
in the Netherlands we call reclaimed land "polders"
Land that is reclaimed by diking and draining is called a Polder
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Empoldering normally refers to the creation of polders. A polder is the Polder-Dutch word for reclaimed land
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Canals are man made water ways used in different ways in Holland, or more accurately, Netherlands. They were dug around a lake, a dyke was build in between and the water out of the lake was pumped into the canal. The reclaimed land from the lake is then known as a "polder". The canals are usually linked up with other waterways and canals and pump houses can the regulate the water levels. Canals are also used for irrigation for the reclaimed land and a way of transport, as the produce could easily be transported with a "praam" (flat boat). They are also great for ice skating in winter and as most canals are connected with other water ways, you can easily cover 20 to 200-km on your skates. Hope that answered your question. From a Dutch "polder girl"
The land reclaimed from the sea is called a polder. The country that consists mostly of polders is called the Netherlands.
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Former bodies of water like lakes where they reclaimed the land by pumping out the water. The entire province of Flevoland is a polder. It used to be a sea. The sea became a lake when they build a large dike called the afsluitdijk. Later they surrounded a large part of the water with dikes and pumped out the water thus creating land that is below sea level. Of the dutch landmass approx one third is below sea level.
I don't really know what 'land that was reclaimed' you mean, there are multiple areas where first was water and now is land. But if you mean "de Zuiderzee", there where first was sea and now is land (the biggest area that was reclaimed): The Dutch build a big dike (called "de Afsluitdijk"), making "de Zuiderzee" a lake and no longer a part of the sea. This lake, which was and still is called "het IJsselmeer" isn't completely made into land however, only some of the southern parts and some other smaller parts around the lake. These southern parts of the former "Zuiderzee" that now lie there are called "Flevoland" and the "Noordoostpolder". And if you simply mean how any reclaimed land would be called in the Netherlands, they usually call it a polder. I hope this answers the question.
Dirk Polder was born on 1919-08-23.