irrigation system
Crop hydration network
An irrigation system is infrastructure for delivering water to crops, lawns, or other vegetation.
The term covers everything from ancient canal networks to modern drip systems with automated timers: The golf course installed a new irrigation system.
Large-scale agricultural irrigation systems may draw from rivers, wells, or reservoirs.
- pipesCylindrical fluid carriers
- valvesFlow-controlling mechanisms
- water pressureForce exerted by liquid
- emittersThings that release outward
- sprinkler headWater-dispersing fixture cap
Roman aqueducts · ancient canals · control panels · pumps · filters · water meter · water table · sluice gates · sprinklers · soaker hose · water rights · farm bill · water conservation · dry season · sensors · furrow · fields · water
- infrastructurehighways, road construction, railway expansion, power grid, roads
- systemsecosystems, ecosystem, biological systems, transportation network, communication systems
- water equipmentpump, faucet, tap, hose, sprinkler
- irrigationsprinkler, drip, sprinklers, canals, ditches
- gardensflower garden, flowerbeds, Chinese garden, rose garden, herb garden
- hydropowerhydropower, water turbine, dam, turbine, hydroelectricity