Irrigation

Irrigation

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

Industry: Agriculture

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Irrigation

system capacity

Agriculture; Irrigation

The ability of an irrigation system to deliver water to an acreage.

tensiometer

Agriculture; Irrigation

An instrument for measuring the suction that plant roots have to exert in order to extract moisture from the soil.

Water that exits the field area as surface runoff during or after an irrigation or rainfall event. TW is expressed as either a volume or a depth. When expressed as a depth, the volume of tailwater ...

total available water (TAW)

Agriculture; Irrigation

The total water in the crop root zone that is available for crop use. TAW is the difference between field capacity (FC) and the permanent wilting point (PNW) multiplied by the depth of the root ...

transpiration

Agriculture; Irrigation

Water taken up by the plant's roots and transpired out of the leaves.

traveler

Agriculture; Irrigation

A sprinkler unit which propels itself along via the water pressure operating the sprinkler. Various types are manufactured which either operate via a pull wire or follow the layout of the hose ...