Saemangeum
Saemangeum is an estuary tidal flat on of the Yellow Sea in South Korea. It was dammed by the association in Korea's Saemangeum Seawall Project, completed on, after that between the association and activists, and it scheduled to be changed on either agricultural or industrial land. to, it had played as for birds. of this seawall is likely to be a major contributor to the of many species. Around depended on the Saemangeum as a feeding ground on the 24,000 km migration between Asia and Alaska and Russia, including the endangered waders Nordmann's greenshank and spoon-billed sandpiper . A conservation grop said the government of failed to w\tch the project's impact on local wildlife in a see through way, and carried out an alone watching program in 2006.

The lay at the of the [[Dongjin Rive and [[Mangyeong River|Mangyeong]] Rivers, on the coast of [[Jeollabuk-do]]. It is south of the Neighboring districts include [[Gunsan]] City, [[Buan County]], and [[Gimje City]].

The project filling in estuary began in but not by a series of court actions by people. The completed [[seawall]] is some 33 kilometers long, and replaces a coastline that was then 100 kilometers long. After the estuary has been completely filled, an area of about  km2 (roughly two-thirds the will have been a], .

The estuary was originally calledMangeum (萬金). This name was probably formed from combining the first [[hanja|character]] of "Mangyeong" and that of "Gimje."

Saemanguem was on April 27, 2010, officially becoming the longest seawall ever built with the length of 33.9 km, break the record of [[Zuiderzee Works]] from 1932.

On August 2, 2010, Saemanguem was by [[Guinness World Records]] as the longest man-made sea barrier in the world.

Saemangum will be the venue of the [[25th World Scout Jamboree|25th]] [[World Scout Jamboree]], hosted by the [[Korea Scout Association]].
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