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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
Wheel line irrigation system
Agriculture; Irrigation
Also known as side-roll wheel move, or side move. Large-diameter wheels are mounted on a pipeline make it so that the pipeline can be rolled to the next position with less effort than hand-move. ...
Water table
Agriculture; Irrigation
The upper surface of a saturated zone below the soil surface where the water is at atmospheric pressure. If you dig a hole deep enough water will start filling the hole at the water table.
Weir
Agriculture; Irrigation
A flow measuring device for open-channel flow. Water flows over a particularly shaped restriction and the flow can be measured on a staff gauge. Commonly used by irrigation districts to measure ...
Evapotranspiration (ET)
Agriculture; Irrigation
The depletion of water from the soil as a result of crop transpiration and evaporation from the soil surface upon which the crop is grown. Evapotranspiration is commonly referred to as consumptive ...
Field capacity (FC)
Agriculture; Irrigation
Maximum amount of water that a soil can hold for a certain period against gravity drainage. Put another way it is the amount of water left in the soil after all the free water has had a chance to ...
Wild flood irrigation
Agriculture; Irrigation
Water is turned into a field without any flow control such as furrows, boarders or corrugations. This is the least efficient, least uniform and least effective method of irrigation.
