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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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solid set
Agriculture; Irrigation
Refers to a stationary sprinkler system. Water-supply pipelines are generally fixed—usually below the soil surface—and sprinkler nozzles are elevated above the surface. In some ...
spray
Agriculture; Irrigation
An irrigation method that falls into the trickle category, characterized by the application of water to the soil surface as a small spray or mist. Discharge rates are generally ...
calibrated orifices
Agriculture; Irrigation
A water control structure whose orifice, perforated with great accuracy in a thin wall, allows the passage of relatively large discharges of 50-150 litres/s, meant to be ...
chemigation
Agriculture; Irrigation
The process of applying chemicals (fertilizers, insecticides, herbicides, etc. . . ) to crops or soil through an irrigation system with the water.
conveyance efficiency
Agriculture; Irrigation
The ratio of the water that is delivered to a field to the total water diverted or pumped into the conveyance system at the upstream end.
corrugation irrigation
Agriculture; Irrigation
Surface irrigation method where small channels or corrugations are used to guide water across a field. No attempt is made to confine the water entirely to the corrugations.
capacity of a well
Agriculture; Irrigation
The rate at which a well will yield water, in litres per second or cubic metres per second.
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