Sentences with phrase «irrigation canals in»

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.

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

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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.

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.

Less than 10 % of Nile water now reaches the sea, and most of the nutrient - rich sediment is trapped in the delta by a dense canal and irrigation system.

The Wadi Faynan farming community, established in a desert environment in southern Jordan during the late Bronze Age, has an irrigation system nearly identical to the one at MGK, including boulder - constructed canals, cisterns and field boundaries.

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.

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

They are a kind of democratic organization in which the farmers whose fields are fed by the same water source, meet regularly to coordinate plantings, to control the distribution of irrigation water and to plan the construction and maintenance of canals and dams, as well as to organize ritual offerings and subak temple festivals.

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.

www.cusichaca.org: The Cusichaca Trust has pioneered the restoration of traditional Andean agricultural terraces and irrigation canals and established itself as a leading exponent of «applied archaeology» in rural development.

Their cities, suburban towns, outposts, road networks, canals, and irrigation projects attest to their large and civilized (meaning agricultural) populations far in excess per square mile than your average hunter - gatherer cultures and their 1 person per square mile population densities spanning the most forbidding deserts, steppes, mountains, and jungles.

The «Hydraulic City» included miles of canals and dikes, irrigation channels for supplying crops, overflow channels to cope with a monsoon, massive storage areas (the largest of which was 16km2 in area), and even a river diverted into a reservoir.

ACHIEVEMENTS IN LANDSCAPING • Created an entire Disney - themed park by molding shrubbery and grass, within record time for park's opening • Introduced the concept of «irrigation canal first», which saved the company $ 10,000 in annual watering projects • Led a team of 40 landscape workers to prune and trim tree within a record time of 3 days, to be prepared for an annual company event • Prepared a manual on proper upkeep of sidewalks, driveways, parking lots and fountains, now used as the «maintenance bible» of the compaIN LANDSCAPING • Created an entire Disney - themed park by molding shrubbery and grass, within record time for park's opening • Introduced the concept of «irrigation canal first», which saved the company $ 10,000 in annual watering projects • Led a team of 40 landscape workers to prune and trim tree within a record time of 3 days, to be prepared for an annual company event • Prepared a manual on proper upkeep of sidewalks, driveways, parking lots and fountains, now used as the «maintenance bible» of the compain annual watering projects • Led a team of 40 landscape workers to prune and trim tree within a record time of 3 days, to be prepared for an annual company event • Prepared a manual on proper upkeep of sidewalks, driveways, parking lots and fountains, now used as the «maintenance bible» of the company