Sentences with phrase «irrigation canals»

During the flooding period, the network of irrigation canals and the organic paddy fields close to lagoons become a crucial link between marine and river environments, and provide an important habitat for many species of fish and amphibians, such as damnbusia (Gambusia holbrooki), carp (Cyprinus carpio), fartet (Lebias ibera - an endemic fish of the western Mediterranean Sea), coruna frog (Rana perezi), and others.

He broke ground out of sagebrush using teams of horses and helped to dig early irrigation canals in the area.

Waterways like irrigation canals and trash - filled sewers helped cholera overrun Haiti in a matter of weeks.

This led to the popular belief that irrigation canals on the planet had been constructed by intelligent beings.

Bederski will be visiting Andina from Peru to discuss his partnership with the restaurant, how the peppers he produces influenced ancient Peruvian cuisine, and how his oasis of a farm functions using irrigation canals originally developed by pre-Incan coastal cultures to grow organic fruits and vegetables in a desert.

The endless rice fields, separated by irrigation canals, look like the green pastures at home.

In these valleys, losses from irrigation canals and seepage from irrigated fields constitute a significant fraction of aquifer recharge.

Every river, storm drain, and irrigation canal teems with people washing, drinking, defecating, and discarding trash.

Indeed, one of the earliest entries in the Water Conflict Chronology Map was a conflict over irrigation canals in ancient Mesopotamia around 720 - 705 B.C., when Sargon II of Assyria destroyed the irrigation network of the Halidians of Armenia.

As Flikkema drives back from his canola field, his blue pickup rumbles across a narrow irrigation canal.

«You'd have seen wooden irrigation canals all along the Amu Darya.»

The well near Hamilton is downgradient from several irrigation canals and irrigated fields; the well near Florence is not located near irrigation.

Skirt the bisse, the historic irrigation canals of the Valais region which date back to the 13th century.

We also enjoyed stand up paddle boarding on the Hanalei River (easy on the river, not so easy in the ocean), a unique tubing expedition through old irrigation canals and tunnels in the center of the island, snorkeling, swimming and beach walking.

Researchers have also found seeds and irrigation canals here, all of which points to Moray being used as a sort of ancient agricultural testing center.

The committee estimates that it will cost up to $ 35 million to set up a broad - based research program throughout the basin and carry out habitat improvements such as installing screens at the headgates of irrigation canals to prevent fish from being swept inside.

We drove back the by the fields planted in corn, nopal cactus and agave that we had passed, found the irrigation canal, and followed it until it ended near a small communal cattle watering hole.

He planted seeds 10 feet apart and watered them by diverting an irrigation canal that ran alongside the camp grounds.

Among their recommendations based on the review was the establishment of tilapia fish farms in sites with moderate rates of water flow, such as upstream in rivers and in irrigation canals.

Dillehay also found evidence of cotton and peanut farming and what seem to be garden hoes; nearby are irrigation canals.

Kidder's research suggests the Chinese began building drainage / irrigation canals and bank / levee systems along the lower reaches of the Yellow River about 2,900 - 2,700 years ago.

Surveyed from 30 meters above using drones and specialized image analysis software, the site shows the unmistakable outlines of check dams, irrigation canals and cisterns feeding a patchwork of small farm fields.

In the river analogy, the lifestyle blog is like an irrigation canal - with regulated path and amount of water, and with the clear goal to irrigate fields.

The room backs onto the irrigation canal, the gentle sound of which lulls people into soothing relaxation.

«What about their miles upon miles of irrigation canals?»

After descending to Yanacocha (Laguna Negra) we will cross the cloud forest to finally arrive to Sayacmarca (3624m), which is a beautiful complex formed by a semicircular construction, enclosures at different levels, narrow streets, liturgical fountains, small yards and irrigation canals.

A recent aerial survey revealed thousands of ancient Maya structures previously hidden beneath the dense Guatemalan jungle, including houses, irrigation canals, fortifications, and even a pyramid.

This is a reconstructed waterwheel and interestingly still in use on an irrigation canal along Main Road.

Bordered by an expansive park and an irrigation canal — hence its name, Aan't Kanaal — it also overlooks the renowned vineyards of the Green Kalahari.

Bordered by an expansive park and an irrigation canal — hence its name, Aan't Kanaal — it also overlooks the...

These are made up of housing, irrigation canals, agricultural terracing, walls and shrines, which are irrefutable proof of the existence of important human settlements.

Not every inch of it is a hoot to climb around, but the architecture, the busy streets full of people at work, the irrigation canals with green reeds at the borders stretching out into farmland before terminating in the white hot sands of the desert — it all looks natural, and quite pretty.

Included in the exhibition are: Buena Vista, Colorado (1973) by Henry Wessel Jr.; South Corner, Riccar America Company, 3184 Pullman, Costa Mesa (1974) from the series New Industrial Parks by Lewis Baltz; and Irrigation Canal, Albuquerque, New Mexico (1974) and Untitled View, (Boulder City)(1974) by Joe Deal, which all evince this radical reconceptualization of landscape.

It is surmised that, when the normal floods began to fail, human ingenuity rose to the occasion, as attested to by the development of irrigation canals and machinery.

Our irrigation canals were lost, transportation routes destroyed.