Irrigation

Irrigation

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

Industry: Agriculture

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Salinity

Agriculture; Irrigation

Concentration of salts in irrigation water. High concentrations can limit the crops ability to take up and use the water in the soil.

Sets per line

Agriculture; Irrigation

The number of times each line must be moved.

An automated irrigation system composed of a sprinkler lateral rotating around a pivot point and supported by a number of self-propelled towers. Water and power is supplied at the pivot point. They ...

Capillary water

Agriculture; Irrigation

Water which remains in the soil pore spaces after gravity drainage has occurred. This water resides in the soil pores where capillary forces balance gravity forces such that a negligible amount of ...

Calibrated orifices

Agriculture; Irrigation

A water control structure whose orifice, perforated with great accuracy in a thin wall, allows the passage of relatively large discharges of 50-150 litres/s, meant to be temporarily stored in a basin ...

Bubbler

Agriculture; Irrigation

An irrigation system that falls into the trickle category in which water is applied to the soil surface as a small stream or fountain. Discharge rates are generally greater than those for drip, but ...

Corrugation irrigation

Agriculture; Irrigation

Surface irrigation method where small channels or corrugations are used to guide water across a field. No attempt is made to confine the water entirely to the corrugations.