Tidal Forecast for Final Closure of Saemangeum Tidal Dike

Abstract

The Saemangeum project includes well developed tidal flats, two estuaries of the Mankyeong and Dongjin rivers, and a chain of small iskands in the outer area off the dike by reclaiming a surface area of 40100 ha A long sea dike of 30 km has been constructed in the mid west area of Korea This paper describes the construction of tidal dikes focusing on the final closure operation performed in April 2006 employing intermediate technology Predictive modelling was also carried out to predict the real time flow fields during the gradual closure operation of the final stage