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Science - Science (general) / oyster reefs | | Dutch term or phrase: zandhonger | | In de strijd tegen de zandhonger - het verdwijnen van platen in getijdengeulen - zijn op twee locaties in de Oosterschelde, als proef, oesterriffen aangelegd. |
| | | English translation:sand demand | Explanation:
Funny word.
Here's a nice explanation of what's happening.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuY5Def3XYA
http://www.nedeco.nl/blogposts/208
"Dredging of the lagoon and Commodore Channel creates extra sediment accommodation space, leading to a potential for sediment deposition. The system therefore gets a so-called sand demand (or in Dutch: ‘zandhonger’) and starts acting as a sediment sink."
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Note added at 2 hrs (2012-01-24 01:04:33 GMT)
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Also from: http://www.climateproofareas.com/output/investments
"On the south coast the island Schouwen duiveland is bordered by the estuary “Oosterschelde” The intertidal area of the Oosterschelde, which is a national park in the Netherlands and a Natura 2000 site of European importance, is subject to structural erosion. The hydromorphology of the Oosterschelde is out of balance due to the construction of the storm surge barrier and auxiliary dams of the Delta Project. This structural erosion is known as the “sand demand” of the Oosterschelde. The sand demand has a direct effect on the natural values of this natura2000 areas and a longer term effect on flood defense." |
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... are getting shallower which causes the shallow plates to suffer from erosion (in. Dutch this phenomenon is called "zandhonger", meaning hunger for sand).
|  liz askew
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| Reference: sand erosion?
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In the battle against the sand erosion -- the eating away at the ....
you can try to find a just as colourful term, but you could also use a term that describes what is actually taking place.
And this is, see below, ... dat de slikken en platen *eroderen*.
The 'platen' are being eroded away - or being eaten away at - therefore this 'hunger' - because of the changes induced by the Oosterscheldekering
Grondsuppletie Galgenplaat
Op de Galgeplaat, een groot intergetijdegebied in de Oosterschelde, heeft in 2008 een zandaanvulling plaatsgevonden. Het betreft hier een unieke proef die ons meer moet leren over de werking van erosie en sedimentatie in de Oosterschelde.
En over de (on)mogelijkheden om door middel van het aanbrengen van zand de waardevolle slikken en platen in de Oosterschelde te behouden.
Aanleiding voor de proef is het probleem van de zogenaamde *zandhonger* in de Oosterschelde. Door de aanleg van de Oosterscheldekering en de daarmee gepaard gaande veranderingen in eb en vloed en sedimentvracht, is het natuurlijk evenwicht tussen erosie en sedimentatie verstoord. Het gevolg is dat de geulen ‘zandhonger’ gekregen hebben en dat de slikken en platen *eroderen*. De verwachting is dat zonder maatregelen in 2050 de helft van deze slikken en platen in de Oosterschelde zullen zijn verdwenen. Dit betekent een groot verlies aan natuurwaarden
http://www.innovatielocaties.nl/building_with_nature/galgepl...
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