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  • 11Irrigation in Colombia — Source : Health Ministry and Environment Ministry (1996)Anticipated climate change impacts on irrigated agricultureAccording to the first national communication to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Colombia is highly… …

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  • 12irrigation — 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; < …

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  • 13Hydropolitics in the Nile Basin — Essay like|article|date=December 2007The Nile River is subject to political interactions. It is the world s longest river flowing 6,700 kilometers through ten countries in northeastern Africa – Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo&#8230; …

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  • 14Columbia Basin Project — The Columbia Basin Irrigation Project The Columbia Basin Project (or CBP) in Central Washington, USA, is the irrigation network that the Grand Coulee Dam makes possible. It is the largest water reclamation project in the United States, supplying&#8230; …

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  • 15Uinta Basin Replacement Project — In Section 203(a) of the Central Utah Project Completion Act, the United States Congress authorized a federally authorized and funded replacement project to replace the Uinta and Upalco Units of the Central Utah Project (CUP) which were not&#8230; …

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  • 16Surface irrigation — is defined as the group of application techniques where water is applied and distributed over the soil surface by gravity. It is by far the most common form of irrigation throughout the world and has been practiced in many areas virtually&#8230; …

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  • 17Qaidam Basin — ▪ basin, China Chinese (Pinyin)  Chaidamu Pendi  or  (Wade Giles romanization)  Ch ai ta mu P en ti,  conventional  Tsaidam Basin        northeastern section of the Plateau of Tibet (Tibet, Plateau of), occupying the northwestern part of Qinghai&#8230; …

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  • 18Great Artesian Basin — ▪ basin, Australia also called  Great Australian Basin,         one of the largest areas of artesian water in the world, underlying about one fifth of Australia. It includes most of the Darling and Lake Eyre catchments and extends northward to&#8230; …

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  • 19Mapimí Basin — ▪ basin, Mexico Spanish  Bolsón de Mapimí        enclosed depression in northern Mexico. Situated in the arid Mesa del Norte and averaging 3,000 feet (900 metres) in elevation, it is structurally similar to the Basin and Range Province in the&#8230; …

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  • 20Nile Basin Initiative — The Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) is a partnership among the Nile riparian states that “seeks to develop the river in a cooperative manner, share substantial socioeconomic benefits, and promote regional peace and security”. The NBI began with a&#8230; …

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