irrigation canals
Agricultural water channels
Irrigation canals are artificial waterways built to carry water from a source—river, reservoir, or lake—to agricultural land.
They range from massive concrete channels serving entire regions to simple earthen ditches feeding individual fields.
The irrigation canals turned desert into farmland.
Canal systems often include gates and weirs to control water distribution among users.
- water flowMovement of liquid mass
- channelPassage for transmission
- water diversionRedirecting flow elsewhere
- embankmentRaised earth structure
- aqueductChannel conveying water distances
diversion · culvert · paddy fields · desert farming · dry season · floodplain · headgate · wetlands · water table · siphon · weir · sedimentation · farm runoff · levee · floodgates · sluice gate · watershed · seepage
- indigenous farmingthree sisters, terrace farming, terraces, terracing, maize
- land stewardshipland stewardship, forest stewardship, forest management, wildlife management, sustainable harvest
- O'odhambasketry, adobe homes, desert farming, olla, ceremonial songs
- infrastructurehighways, road construction, railway expansion, power grid, roads
- utilitieselectricity, water supply, public utilities, water line, gas service
- Ancient MesopotamiaBabylon, Assyria, cuneiform, Nineveh, Sumer
irrigation canalsrivers
Flowing bodies of water
creeks · brooks · wild rivers · springs · tributaries
irrigation canalsdrainage canals
Channels for water removal
drainage channels · storm drains · sewer systems · flood channels · spillways