Lelystad

High school (ages 12+)
Geography

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/lelystad

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

Hydraulic Engineering: The branch of engineering concerned with the control and movement of water.
Polder: An area of low-lying land, especially in the Netherlands, that has been reclaimed from the sea or a river and is protected by dikes.
Reclamation: The process of claiming land that was previously underwater, typically by building dikes and pumping out water.