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Irrigation
Terms related to the science of artificial application of water to the land or soil.
Industry: Agriculture
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Irrigation
zone
Agriculture; Irrigation
A zone is the area to be watered by a single control valve. Zones are ideally comprised of similar sprinkler types and plants with similar water requirements. This term is usually used with ...
inlet structure
Agriculture; Irrigation
A structure built at the upstream end of the outlet conduit of the outlet works and housing the regulating or emergency gates; usually combined with the trash rack structure.
lateral
Agriculture; Irrigation
Pipe(s) that go from the control valves to the sprinklers or drip emitter tubes.
leaching
Agriculture; Irrigation
Moving soluble materials down through the soil profile with the water.
leaching requirement (LR)
Agriculture; Irrigation
The amount of water that is required during an irrigation to flush excessive soil salts from the plant root zone in runoff, deep percolation, or lateral seepage.
level basin
Agriculture; Irrigation
Water is applied at relatively high flow rates to a completely level field. Precision laser leveling is required to achieve the level fields suitable for this method.
line source
Agriculture; Irrigation
Continuous source of water emitted along a line. Usually associated with drip irrigation where emitters are spaced at regular intervals in poly-tubing.
