irrigation
Example Sentences
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Sri Lanka depends on seasonal monsoon rains for irrigation and hydroelectricity, but experts have warned that the country faces more frequent floods due to climate change.
From Barron's
The research team is also refining vineyard management techniques, such as leaf removal, fertilization, and irrigation, to further enhance grape quality.
From Science Daily
Early farmers likely took advantage of this consistent flow by digging short canals to irrigate fields and date groves, allowing for productive farming without massive irrigation projects.
From Science Daily
The plants are growing lustily in late summer, although Kolding only waters them once a week on Saturdays for an hour with drip irrigation.
From Los Angeles Times
As Ms. Gaul shows through wide-ranging detective work, Egyptian farmers were obliged to rely on artificial fertilizers and year-round irrigation after successive efforts to dam the Nile eventually shut down the river’s age-old fertilization cycle.
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