Saemangeum
The Saemangeum was a Wadden Sea in South Korea. In April 2006, a long -fought dam was completed, which is to convert the former Wadden Sea in an agriculturally and industrially used area. The area is located on the South Korean west coast at the mouth of the rivers Dongjin output and man- gyeonggang between the two cities Gunsan and Buan. It is part of the Yellow Sea.
With an area of 400 square kilometers, the Wadden Sea Saemangeum was, together with the Minas Basin on the Canadian Bay of Fundy to the largest Wadden Sea Wadden Sea after the North Sea.
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The Watt
The reason of the Wadden Sea Saemangeum succumbed to the influence of the tides, making it twice a day fell dry at low water. The dried-up area is called watts.
There are different types watts. The sand flats, which mixed watts and the mudflats. The watts of the Wadden Sea Saemangeum ( 새만금 갯벌 ) had a dense growth of diatoms.
Flora and Fauna
The landscape of the Wadden Sea Saemangeum offered more than 600 different animal species habitat. Approximately 200 of these species lived in the tidal area, more than 400 other species in constantly flooded area.
The Wadden Sea Saemangeum was until the construction of the dike as the most important resting place for migratory birds in East Asia, which were breeding in Siberia and wintered in Australia. These included 30 different plover species. Presented for the high-risk Tüpfelgrünschenkel this Wadden Sea is an important wintering area is, for the endangered spoon beach runners, whose population has dropped to 2,000 animals, the Wadden Sea Saemangeum is even the only known resting place.
The dam
Since the early 1990s, the South Korean government plans an extensive reclamation of the Wadden Sea Saemangeum land reclamation. The dike was completed in April 2006. This large Eindeichungsmaßnahme with a dike length of 33 kilometers and destroyed large parts of the natural region.
Resistance
Environmental organizations and parts of the population tried to avert the projects. The enemy tried to stop the project with lawsuits. In July 2003, they reached the provisional suspension of the construction work by the South Korean administrative court. But in January 2004, the Supreme Court decided to continue the construction work.
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The maximum tidal range is returned after completion of the dam of 7 to 1 meter. In April 2007, a large part of the former tidal flats was destroyed. The areas were either permanently flooded or dried up.
The Wadden Sea was an important resting place for migratory birds. During April and May of 2006, more than 198,000 birds were counted, there were in 2007, one year after completion of the dam, only 88,000.