GEO-POLITICAL ISSUES: LAND RECLAMATION : LSUS
GEOGRAPHY SSS2 THIRD TERM
WEEK – TWO
GEO-POLITICAL ISSUES: LAND RECLAMATION
REFERENCE
Essential Geography for Senior Secondary Schools by O.A. Iwena
GEO-POLITICAL ISSUES: LAND RECLAMATION
Land reclamation is also known as landfill. It is the process of creating new land from ocean, riverbeds, or lake beds. The land reclaimed is known as reclamation ground or landfill.
The term "reclamation" also refers to returning disturbed land to an improved state. It is the process of reconverting disturbed land to its former or other productive uses. This can also be referred to as land rehabilitation.
Methods of Land Reclamation:
- Afforestation
- Sand Filling
- Construction of Drainage
- Control of Erosion
- Construction of Barriers
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- REVISION/SETTLEMENT INTERACTIONS
- GEO-POLITICAL ISSUES: LAND RECLAMATION
- GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM (GIS)
- AFRICA: LOCATION, POSITION, SIZE AND POLITICAL DIVISION
- AFRICA: RELIEF AND DRAINAGE
- CLIMATE AND VEGETATION
- LUMBERING IN EQUATORIAL AFRICA (ZAIRE AND NIGERIA)
- IRRIGATION AGRICULTURE IN THE NILE AND NIGER BASIN
- PLANTATION AGRICULTURE IN WEST AND EAST AFRICA
- FRUIT FARMING IN MEDITERRANEAN REGIONS OF AFRICA
- Chapters 10
- Category SSS2
- Author ClassNotes Edu
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