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I have chosen Land Reclamation for my article to edit.

Link to article: Land reclamation

I will add more detailed information on several of the existing countries info and add a method of land reclamation. This article is mostly fleshed out and only needs minor contributions.

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Here is what I have contributed:

Habitation:

Asia

 * Some of the coastlines of Saadiyat Island, in the UAE. Used for commercial purposes.


 * Much of the coastlines of Mumbai, India. It took over 150 years to join the original Seven Islands of Bombay. These seven islands were lush, green, thickly wooded, and dotted with 22 hills, with the Arabian Sea washing through them at high tide. The original Isle of Bombay was only 24km long and 4km wide from Dongri to Malabar Hill (at its broadest point) and the other six were  Colaba, Old Woman's Island, Mahim, Parel, Worli and Mazgaon. (See also Hornby Vellard).

Methods:

Land dredging is also another method of land reclamation. It is the Removal of sediments and debris from the bottom of a body of water. Its commonly used for maintaining reclaimed land masses as sedimentation, a natural process, fills channels and harbors naturally.

ORIGINAL QUOTE:

Dredging is the removal of sediments and debris from the bottom of lakes, rivers, harbors, and other water bodies. It is a routine necessity in waterways around the world because sedimentation—the natural process of sand and silt washing downstream—gradually fills channels and harbors.

Source:

https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/dredging.html

Land masses added:
 * Mumbai, India – An archipelago of originally seven separate islands were joined together by land reclamation over a span of five centuries. This was done to develop Mumbai as a harbour city.

ORIGINAL:

Methods
Land reclamation can be achieved with a number of different methods. The most simple method involves simply filling the area with large amounts of heavy rock and/or cement, then filling with clay and dirt until the desired height is reached. The process is called "infilling" and the material used to fill the space is generally called "infill". Draining of submerged wetlands is often used to reclaim land for agricultural use. Deep cement mixing is used typically in situations in which the material displaced by either dredging or draining may be contaminated and hence needs to be contained.

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Methods
Land reclamation can be achieved with a number of different methods. The most simple method involves simply filling the area with large amounts of heavy rock and/or cement, then filling with clay and dirt until the desired height is reached. The process is called "infilling" and the material used to fill the space is generally called "infill". Draining of submerged wetlands is often used to reclaim land for agricultural use. Deep cement mixing is used typically in situations in which the material displaced by either dredging or draining may be contaminated and hence needs to be contained. Land dredging is also another method of land reclamation. It is the Removal of sediments and debris from the bottom of a body of water. Its commonly used for maintaining reclaimed land masses as sedimentation, a natural process, fills channels and harbors naturally. --- By Alan

Hello Ken,

Excellent article and excellent contributions to an already detailed topic. I see you have added quite a lot of sources to validate the information so your certainly covered on that front. Even though the article was already well developed you still found a good bit of information to add so it seems the article now thoroughly covers the subject matter. Perhaps some specific examples of the environmental impacts of land reclamation could be added and an explanation of beach starvation as there seems to be no article for it. Your contributions to this article have certainly improved it, well done! --- RESPONSE TO PEER REVIEW:

By Ken,

Hi again Alan and Shane,

Thank you for critiquing my contribution to my article. I had not noticed that Beach Starvation was even mentioned in this article.

As well as the article not talking about any of the impacts that land reclamation has on the environment at all.

I will add that to my article when I get the chance and appreciate the helpful advice.

( I am also posting this on my sandbox as the response to the peer review is a part of the assignment)

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RESPONSE TO PEER REVIEW:

By Alan,

Hello again Ken,

Thanks for the advice, we will certainly work to improve the article in the ways you mentioned. The article is certainly short so were looking for as much information to add as possible with good sources. Thanks again for the review its helpful to see how the articles doing from another persons perspective.

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