Irrigation

Irrigation

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

Contributors in Irrigation

Irrigation

Sprinkler method used in orchards with small sprayers with an outstretched jet in order not to wet the leaves and avoid the wind effect on the distribution of water. The sprayers can be permanent, ...

unit hydrograph

Agriculture; Irrigation

Hydrograph of storm runoff at a given point on a given stream which will result from an isolated rainfall excess of unit duration occurring over the contributing catchment area and resulting in a ...

unconfined aquifers

Agriculture; Irrigation

An aquifer in which the groundwater table is free to rise and fall according to hydraulic gradients. Drainage, either natural or artificial, beneath the surface of the earth.

trickle

Agriculture; Irrigation

A low pressure system where water is distributed through closed pipelines. Water is applied directly, or very near to the soil surface, either above or below the ground surface, in discrete drops, ...

water

Agriculture; Irrigation

The liquid form of the compound H 2 O that exists between ice (at temperatures below 0 degrees Centigrade or 32 degrees Fahrenheit) and vapor (at temperatures above 100 degrees Centigrade or 212 ...

wash load

Agriculture; Irrigation

Suspended material of very small size (generally clay and colloids) originating primarily from erosion on the land slopes of the catchment area and present to a negligible degree in the river bed ...

water hammer

Agriculture; Irrigation

When water velocity in a flowing pipeline changes abruptly the pressure will spike so high that it can cause entire pipelines to explode, implode, or otherwise break. Water doesn't compress, is ...