Sentences with phrase «of irrigation canals»

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

«How can we connect the canals better to the canal towns, and what kind of programming should we have so that we attract more tourists and recreation, better quality of life, access to the waterfront, economic development... «it's about tourism, it's about recreation, it's about irrigation for our farmers, it's about water usage for some of the manufacturing and process plants that we have along the canal system,» Quiniones told WXXI News.

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.

The irrigation system was so leaky that many canals lost more than 50 percent of the diverted river water en route to the fields, which cut the amount flowing into the sea.

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.

Many such coastal valleys contain vestiges of pre-Hispanic canals and irrigation systems, a sign that water management has been a challenge for several millennia.

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.

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.

Central Oregon irrigation districts have spent hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars piping their canals.

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

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

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.

The Incan irrigation system still works and water runs through stone canals on the sides of streets.

During the years of Kandy Empire, Sinhalese people have learned to connect mountain lakes with canals for irrigation purposes.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Methods such as accurate water measurement and soil moisture monitoring, laser - leveling fields, using conservation tillage to retain soil moisture, switching to low energy precision application sprinklers, lining canals, and employing subsurface drip irrigation where possible could save upwards of 40 percent of agriculture's water use while improving crop yields and saving energy.

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.

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.

Data on water irrigation efficiency for surface water projects — that is, dams that deliver water to farmers through a network of canals — show that crop usage of irrigation water never reaches 100 percent simply because some irrigation water evaporates, some percolates downward, and some runs off.

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 company