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Punggol Waterway Park is a 12.25 hectares (122,500 m 2) riverine park located in Punggol, Singapore, along Sentul Crescent. The park consists of four themed areas. Each area is designated to cater to different users of the park.
Singapore has reclaimed land with earth obtained from its own hills, the seabed, and neighboring countries. As a result, Singapore's land area has grown from 581.5 km 2 in the 1960s to 725.7 km 2 today, and will increase slightly more due to the construction of sea polder and barrage to deal with the ever-rising sea level.
iFly Singapore - Measuring 16.5 feet in diameter with a flying height of 56.5 feet, iFly Singapore is the world's largest themed vertical wind tunnel. Sentosa Nature Discovery features interactive and colourful exhibits as well as a 1.8 km-long nature walk on an elevated boardwalk that was once the monorail's tracks.
Punggol (IPA: /ˈpɒŋ.ɡoʊl, ˈpʊŋ-/ PONG-gohl or PUUNG-gohl) is a planning area and new town situated on the Tanjong Punggol peninsula in the North-East Region of Singapore. The town directly borders Sengkang to the south and shares riverine boundaries with the planning area of Seletar , as well as Yishun to the west and Pasir Ris to the east.
Singapore Island, also known as mainland Singapore, is the main constituent island of the sovereign island country and city-state of the Republic of Singapore. It is located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, between the Straits of Malacca and the South China Sea. The Singapore Strait lies to the south, while the Johor Strait lies to ...
Gabbro is also found in the area and is found in an area called Little Guilin, named for its resemblance to Guilin in South China. This area is in Bukit Gombak. Sedimentary rocks are found on the western part of Singapore, which is mainly made of sandstone and mudstones. It also includes the southwestern area.
Modern Singapore's Marina Bay area, a development made possible through land reclamation. In 1981, Singapore Changi Airport opened after the clearing of roughly 2 km 2 (0.8 sq mi) of swampland and the introduction of over 52,000,000 m 3 (68,000,000 cu yd) of land- and seafill. As Changi Airport maintains a policy of continual development in ...
Land reclamation on Jurong Island was completed on 25 September 2009, 20 years earlier than scheduled. Pulau Buaya was joined to Jurong Island via reclamation in 2010. Jurong Island forms a land area of about 32 km 2 (12 sq mi) from an initial area of less than 10 km 2 (4 sq mi), and is the largest of Singapore's outlying islands.