Sea surface reclamation - Kaimenkantaku

Japanese: 海面干拓 - かいめんかんたく
Sea surface reclamation - Kaimenkantaku

…Reclamation can be considered a type of land reclamation, but it differs from ordinary land reclamation in that embankments are built and surface water is removed to create farmland. Reclamation can be broadly divided into sea surface reclamation and lake reclamation (lake surface reclamation) depending on the target water surface. Sea surface reclamation involves sealing off the tidal flats or sea surface of the coast with embankments, and draining the inland water through drainage gates at low tide or by using drainage pumps as an auxiliary to drain the water and create land. …

*Some of the terminology used to refer to "sea surface reclamation" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…干拓は開墾の一種ともいえるが,堤防をきずき,地表水を排除して農地を造成する点が普通の開墾と異なる。 干拓は,対象とする水面によって海面干拓と湖沼干拓(湖面干拓)に大別される。海面干拓は,海岸の干潟または海面を堤防で締め切り,内水を干潮時に排水門を通して排水するか,補助的に排水ポンプを使うことによって排水して陸地とする。…

※「海面干拓」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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