irrigation
Artificial field watering
Irrigation is the artificial supply of water to land for growing crops.
Most agriculture depends on rainfall, but irrigation allows farming in dry regions and during droughts: The valley's irrigation system channels water from the river to surrounding farms.
In medicine, irrigation means flushing a wound or body cavity with water or saline solution.
Liquid falling slowly
- sprinklerWater-dispersing lawn fixture
- floodOverwhelming water overflow
- furrowNarrow trench in earth
- basinConcave water receptacle
pivot · microirrigation · surface · subsurface · lateral · border · contour · terraced
Thing that gives off
- pumpFluid-moving machine
- valveFluid flow controller
- nozzleFlow-directing pipe fitting
- sprinklerWater-dispersing lawn fixture
hose · tubing · filter · controller · sensor · timer · soaker · dripper
Dug water passage
- aqueductChannel conveying water distances
- ditchShallow excavated channel
- channelPassage for transmission
- pipelineLong-distance fluid transport tube
reservoir · dam · levee · floodgate · sluice · weir · basin · cistern
Assigning times to events
- efficiencyProductive without waste
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
- allocationDistribution of shares
- rightsJustified claims to freedoms
metering · rationing · drought · aquifer · groundwater · runoff · watershed · recharge
drip
Liquid falling slowly
basin · pivot · microirrigation · surface · subsurface · lateral · border · contour · terraced · rainfed
emitter
Thing that gives off
sprinkler · hose · tubing · filter · controller · sensor · timer · soaker · dripper · fitting
canal
Dug water passage
- aqueductChannel conveying water distances
- ditchShallow excavated channel
- channelPassage for transmission
pipeline · reservoir · dam · levee · floodgate · sluice · weir · basin · cistern · watercourse
scheduling
Assigning times to events
- efficiencyProductive without waste
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
- allocationDistribution of shares
rights · metering · rationing · drought · aquifer · groundwater · runoff · watershed · recharge · deficit
crop
Cultivated agricultural plants
paddy · plantation · pasture · farmland · drainage · salinity · waterlogging · leaching · yield · evapotranspiration
- horticulturehorticulture, gardening, cultivation, planting, seeds
- landscapinglawn care, landscaping, lawn mowing, grading, gardening
- plant carewatering, fertilizing, fertilizer, pruning, transplanting
- park maintenancemowing, lawn care, pruning, trimming, weeding
- coffee farmingcoffee cherries, shade trees, terraces, coffee pickers, nurseries
- Farm Technologytractor, combine, harvester, plow, planter
irrigationdrainage
Liquid removal system
draining · dewatering · pumping out · desiccation · water extraction
irrigationrainfall
Water falling from clouds
dryland farming · rainfed · dry farming · precipitation · rainwater
irrigationdesiccation
Complete removal of moisture
drought · aridity · parching · drying out · dehydration
- irrigation methodsTechniques for supplying water to crops
- irrigation systemAgricultural water distribution network
- drip irrigationSlow-release watering method
- irrigation ditchAgricultural water channel
- irrigation canalsWaterways for farming
- irrigation ditchesTrenches for agricultural water