irrigable
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of irrigable
First recorded in 1835–45; irrig(ate) + -able
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The DRC has nearly 80 million hectares of arable land and four million hectares of irrigable land.
From Barron's ● Nov. 26, 2025
Regional authorities for Andalusia who want to expand the irrigable lands say that the water for the 650 farmer they estimate would benefit from the plan would come from surface water, instead of wells.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 21, 2023
"It is a very realistic and achievable goal, since we have irrigable 500,000 hectares of land which is not currently cultivated," says Mr Tadesse.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2021
Unlike the other valleys, Snake Valley straddles the border of Utah and Nevada, where more of the irrigable land area is on the Utah side of the border.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2017
Many of these have been restored by Government, and there are now 100,000 acres of irrigable land in that country, only waiting to be occupied and cultivated.
From Darkest India A Supplement to General Booth's "In Darkest England, and the Way Out" by Commissioner Booth-Tucker
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