irrigation
Origin of irrigation
Examples from the Web for irrigation
Contemporary Examples of irrigation
Each year their fields need at least 53 billion cubic meters of water for irrigation.
The air mixed with fertilizers and pesticides that for decades were washed from the fields into the sea by irrigation water.
It thus falls to IS to provide drinking water and irrigation to massive areas of farmland.
Egypt's future irrigation and industrial needs require a major increase in the northward flow of the Nile River.
Open Memorandum: Elements of a Possible Peace Deal in SudanGeorge Clooney, John Prendergast
November 6, 2010
Later: a tall, silo-like cement building, apparently used for irrigation.
Historical Examples of irrigation
There was water in it; it was part of their irrigation system.
Two Thousand Miles BelowCharles Willard Diffin
Irrigation there's just a question of power—that's how he looks at it.
The Great HungerJohan Bojer
Irrigation is the sole means of fertilizing, and it seems to be all the soil requires.
Aztec LandMaturin M. Ballou
It will endure almost any amount of forcing, by liquid manures or irrigation.
Cattle and Their DiseasesRobert Jennings
The water for irrigation is costly, and should be made to go as far as possible.
Agriculture for BeginnersCharles William Burkett