revegetation

ecology

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land reclamation

  • Yser River; land reclamation
    In land reclamation: Reclamation of mine spoils

    …plant life and only slowly revegetated by natural processes. Historically, when the mineral deposits in an area were exhausted, the site was abandoned, leaving a lunarlike landscape that was unsuitable for development. This led to an increased interest in the problem of more rapidly reclaiming and revegetating the spoil-bank areas.…

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