Irrigation

Irrigation

Terms related to the science of artificial application of water to the land or soil.

Industry: Agriculture

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border irrigation

Agriculture; Irrigation

Water is applied at the upper end of a strip having parallel berms or earthen dikes anywhere from 10 to 100 feet apart that serve to confine the water to a strip or rectangular area.

borders

Agriculture; Irrigation

Water is spread in sheet flow over a field from a head ditch or field ditches in a controlled flooding situation. Fields are either level or graded with either ditches or berms separating field ...

brake horsepower

Agriculture; Irrigation

The power delivered by the motor to drive a pump in an irrigation system.

An irrigation system that falls into the trickle category in which water is applied to the soil surface as a small stream or fountain. Discharge rates are generally greater than those for drip, but ...

capillary water

Agriculture; Irrigation

Water which remains in the soil pore spaces after gravity drainage has occurred. This water resides in the soil pores where capillary forces balance gravity forces such that a negligible amount of ...

center pivot sprinklers

Agriculture; Irrigation

An automated irrigation system composed of a sprinkler lateral rotating around a pivot point and supported by a number of self-propelled towers. Water and power is supplied at the pivot point. They ...