Saemangeum Seawall

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coastal dyke land reclamation project seawall

Saemangeum Seawall is a massive coastal dyke in South Korea that created one of the world’s largest reclaimed land and tidal flat areas by enclosing part of the Yellow Sea.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Saemangeum Industrial Complex 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf coastal dyke ⓘ
land reclamation project ⓘ
seawall ⓘ
bodyOfWater Yellow Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
constructionEndDate 2006 ⓘ
constructionMaterial concrete ⓘ
earth ⓘ
rock ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1991 ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
coordinateSystem WGS84 ⓘ
country South Korea ⓘ
creates Saemangeum reclaimed land area NERFINISHED ⓘ
Saemangeum tidal flat enclosure ⓘ
encloses Saemangeum tidal flats NERFINISHED ⓘ
part of the Yellow Sea ⓘ
environmentalImpact habitat change for migratory birds ⓘ
loss of tidal flats ⓘ
hasPart roadway ⓘ
sluice gates ⓘ
inception 1991 ⓘ
length approximately 33 kilometers ⓘ
locatedIn Saemangeum NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yellow Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Buan County NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gunsan NERFINISHED ⓘ
North Jeolla Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInCountry Republic of Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ
maintainedBy Korea Rural Community Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearbyCity Buan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gunsan NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor being one of the longest seawalls in the world ⓘ
creating one of the world’s largest reclaimed land areas ⓘ
large-scale tidal flat reclamation ⓘ
officialOpeningDate 2010 ⓘ
openedToPublic 2010 ⓘ
operator Korea Rural Community Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Saemangeum Project NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose agricultural development ⓘ
flood control ⓘ
industrial development ⓘ
land reclamation ⓘ
separates Saemangeum inland waters NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yellow Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectOf environmental controversy ⓘ
legal challenges by environmental groups ⓘ
traversedBy road ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gunsan, South Korea → hasIndustrialComplex → Saemangeum Seawall ⓘ
subject surface form: Gunsan
this entity surface form: Saemangeum Industrial Complex
Gunsan, South Korea → near → Saemangeum Seawall ⓘ
subject surface form: Gunsan