EBRAINLIEST

Read the sentence below and answer the question that follows.
The Netherlands was quickly losing space when its population began to increase. Polders were built to
accommodate the influx of people and to provide them land to live on.
The word underlined in the sentence above can best be defined as
A narrow waterways
B. lands reclaimed from the sea
C. walls of land built to hold back water
D. narrow passages of water from the sea that flow through rocky cliffs
Please select the best answer from the choices provided
A
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C
D