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The act of reclaiming or the state of being reclaimed.
definition
The recovery of a wasteland, or of flooded land so it can be cultivated.
Examples of reclamation in a Sentence
In 1908 the Federal Reclamation Service had five projects in North Dakota.
The reclamation of land which has been effected here is noteworthy.
The estimate premised a cost of £50,000, the irrigation of 42,000 acres, and the reclamation of io,000.
Bygones is one of the largest reclamation yards in the UK providing high quality architectural antiques.
In the summer of 1978 a £ 12m Hoverport was opened at the Western Docks following the reclamation of 15 acres of land.
After closure the owners sought and gained planning permission for rail served car storage and extensive land reclamation.
The area of Carrington Moss was formerly a raised peat moss which has suffered from drainage and subsequent agricultural reclamation.
We recycle 100% of all IT equipment collected by means of materials reclamation and component reuse.
Whole site reclamation works are due to be completed in March 2008.
Going to one reclamation yard is only the beginning!
The so-called Boertanger Morass on the Prussian border was long considered as the natural protection of the eastern frontier, and with the view of preserving its impassable condition neither agriculture nor cattle-rearing might be practised here until 1824, and it was only in 1868 that the building of houses was sanctioned and the work of reclamation begun.
Reclamation works carried on from 1826 to 1836 reduced its area by one quarter, but it still possesses a surface area of 51 sq.
Here the soil consists mainly of sand and gravel, and the prevailing scenery is formed of waste heaths and patches of wood, while here and there fertile meadows extend along the banks of the streams, and the land is laid out in the highly regular manner characteristic of fen reclamation (see Drente).
The plan also included the reclamation of the foreshore at the foot of the cliffs, between the castle jetty and the root of the eastern breakwater, by means of a massive sea-wall.
It may be distinguished from the draining of land on a large scale which is exemplified in the reclamation of the English Fens (see Fens).
In 1894 Congress passed the "Carey Act" which authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, with the approval of the President, to donate to each of the states in which there are Federal desert lands as much of such lands (less than 1,000,000 acres) as the state may apply for, on condition that the state reclaim by irrigation, cultivation and occupancy not less than 20 acres of each 160-acre tract within ten years, and under the operation of this Act the state chose 432,203 acres for reclamation, mostly in the basin of the Deschutes river.
Temporary files are now deleted by finalizers (may lead to better reclamation of temporary file space during operation).
Locally, there are strong cultural associations with the Priory; farmers widely attribute the reclamation of this area to the monks.
By the 18th Century, new technology began to be developed which allowed reclamation of " waste areas ".
Dear Tom, We are an architectural reclamation yard based in Northern France.
They recycle old carpets through a carpet reclamation scheme.
Hey, we 're all reclamation projects, are n't we?
Now it has a reclamation plant that can handle 15,000 tons of dry sludge per year.
The woodland cover will increase as part of the land reclamation process and as agriculture comes under increasing economic pressure.
In more recent times unemployed youths from Jarrow were engaged on reclamation work along the coast during the early 1930's.
Going to one reclamation yard is only the beginning !
This often allows the land to be used for a reclamation project.
There were carpet and flooring companies, low VOC paint makers, reclamation companies, low flow toilet and wind turbine manufacturers, recycling and reclamation facilities, green roof products and landscapers.
Municipal - We rely on many citywide municipal plumbing systems every day for things like waste disposal, and water reclamation and treatment.
Moore remake, the Galactica included multiple nuclear warheads, a water reclamation facility and more.
The work of reclamation was removed farther eastwards to Helenaveen in the second half of the 19th century.
In 1849 the Great Central (then the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire) railway initiated a scheme of reclamation and dock-construction.
The increase of the arable land has been effected partly by the reclamation of the marshes, but mostly by the transformation of large tracts of puszta (waste prairie land) into arable land.
Formerly nearly the whole of Muttra consisted of pasture and woodland, but the roads constructed as relief works in1837-1838have thrown open many large tracts of country, and the task of reclamation has since proceeded rapidly.
The Praya reclamation scheme provided for the extension of the land frontage of 250 ft.
Under the Reclamation Act passed by Congress in 1902 the irrigation of 10o,000 acres in the Belle Fourche Valley adjacent to the Black Hills region was provided for.
In more than one quarter the dikes have been repeatedly extended so as to enclose land conquered from the sea, the work of reclamation being aided by a natural process.
These forelands also offer in course of time an opportunity for endiking and reclamation.
The national and state governments had not built any works of reclamation excepting where the federal government, through the Indian department, had constructed irrigation ditches for Indian tribes, notably the Crow Indians of Montana.
Under improved conditions the area of cultivated land, or land in process of reclamation, had risen in 1906 to 5,750,000 acres, while another 500,000 acres of waste land awaited reclamation.
Hoogeveen, situated between these two, owes its origin to the fen reclamation which was begun here in 1625 by Baron van Echten.
Residing in London in Golden Square, Wiseman threw himself into his new duties with many-sided activity, working especially for the reclamation of Catholic criminals and for the restoration of the lapsed poor to the practice of their religion.
Since 1906 extensive boring and land reclamation works have been undertaken in the oasis.
Under the Carey Act and its amendments Congress had in 1909 given to the state about 2,000,000 acres of desert land on condition that it should be reclaimed, and in that year about 800,000 acres were in process of reclamation, mostly by private companies.
In 1725 the gift called the " royal bounty " was first granted - a subsidy amounting at first to £1000 per annum, increased in George IV.'s reign to £2000, and continued to the present day; its original object was to assist the reclamation of the Highlands from Roman Catholicism by means of catechists and teachers.
In the more highly cultivated districts_of the south reclamation of such lands is constantly proceeding.
The Carey Act (1894) and the Federal Reclamation Act (1902)introduced the most important period of irrigation.
It impels the church to diligence in its work of worship, care and prayer (13-18), and in the reclamation of the erring (19-20).
He also carried out considerable works in relation to the Nene Valley drainage and the reclamation of land at the Norfolk estuary.
Furthermore there is a state association engaged in irrigation projects, and the United States Reclamation Service, established by an Act of Congress in 1902, has projects for utilizing the flood waters of the Umatilla, Malheur, Silvies and Grande Ronde rivers, the waters of the Owyhee and Wallowa rivers and Willow Creek, and the waters of some of the lakes in the central part of the state.