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Agriculture
The practice of cultivating soil, crops, and livestock and the preparation or marketing of those products.The practice of cultivating soil, crops, and livestock and the preparation or marketing of those products.
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water balance
Agriculture; Irrigation
Mathematical calculations for in- and outflow of water components for a given area or soil profile.
water holding capacity
Agriculture; Irrigation
The difference between field capacity and wilting point.
water table
Agriculture; Irrigation
The upper surface of a saturated zone below the soil surface where the water is at atmospheric pressure. If you dig a hole deep enough water will start filling the hole at the ...
water use efficiency
Agriculture; Irrigation
Percentage of the applied water that is beneficially used (consumptive use and/or satisfying the leaching requirement).
weir
Agriculture; Irrigation
A flow measuring device for open-channel flow. Water flows over a particularly shaped restriction and the flow can be measured on a staff gauge. Commonly used by irrigation ...
wheel line irrigation system
Agriculture; Irrigation
Also known as side-roll wheel move, or side move. Large-diameter wheels are mounted on a pipeline make it so that the pipeline can be rolled to the next position with less effort ...
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