artificial irrigation
1Irrigation — For its use in viticulture, see Irrigation in viticulture. For its use in medicine, see Therapeutic irrigation. LEPA redirects here. For the airport serving Palma de Mallorca, Spain, assigned the ICAO code LEPA, see Palma de Mallorca Airport.… …
2irrigation and drainage — ▪ agriculture Introduction artificial application of water to land and artificial removal of excess water from land, respectively. Some land requires irrigation or drainage before it is possible to use it for any agricultural production; other… …
3Irrigation tank — An irrigation tank or tank in India refers to an artificial lake or reservoir of any size. (The word sagar refers to a large lake, usually man made).cite web url=http://www.indoarch.org/arch glossary.php title=Architecture on the Indian… …
4irrigation — irrigational, adj. /ir i gay sheuhn/, n. 1. the artificial application of water to land to assist in the production of crops. 2. Med. the flushing or washing out of anything with water or other liquid. 3. the state of being irrigated. [1605 15; < …
5irrigation — noun Date: 1612 1. the therapeutic flushing of a body part with a stream of liquid 2. the watering of land by artificial means to foster plant growth …
6irrigation — The artificial watering of fields for crop production [16] …
7artificial drainage pattern — Human made networks of drainage structures (ditches, canals, etc.) built primarily to lower or control the local water table in low lying, flat topography such as glacial lakebeds, broad flood plains, low coastal plains, or marshes most… …
8irrigation — /ɪrəˈgeɪʃən/ (say iruh gayshuhn) noun 1. the supplying of land with water from artificial channels to promote vegetation. 2. Medicine the covering or washing out of anything with water or other liquid for the purpose of making or keeping it moist …
9irrigation — The artificial watering of agricultural land in regions where the rainfall is insufficient for crops; application of water to land for the production of crops, whether by channels, by flooding, or merely by sprinkling. 30 Am J Rev ed Irrig § 2.… …
10Dujiangyan Irrigation System — For the adjacent city, see Dujiangyan City. Mount Qingcheng and the Dujiangyan Irrigation System * UNESCO World Heritage Site …
