Sentences with phrase «of irrigation channels»

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The poem revolves round the struggle of Yam - Nahar (god of seas and rivers), Baal (god of rain) and Athtar (god of springs, wells, and perhaps irrigation channels) as they each lay claim to the vacant post of viceroy to the kindly old god of heaven called El.

The scientists believe that the drains, designed to channel rain or irrigation runoff to the gutter in front of the house, may leave a perpetual supply of standing water in the buried pipe beneath the soil surface, which provide sites for mosquito development.

That's how the European zebra mussel got into North America's Great Lakes, where billions of dollars were spent to keep it from blocking irrigation channels and water pipes.

Where the dilution was low, in irrigation channels in the Delta del Ebro, a high range of probability was established.

By contrast, the «tuntian» irrigation systems — introduced by the Han Dynasty at the Xinjiang communities of Milan and Loulan — used longer, wider and deeper straight - line channels to irrigate much larger areas, with one irrigating more than 12,000 acres.

Persia used a qanat system of irrigation which is essentially a gently sloping system of channels, situated underground, used to divert water from aquifers as needed.

You will have lunch in Chamana and later continue along the Cusichaca River, observing several Incan agricultural stepped terraces and irrigation channels until reaching the picturesque village of Wayllabamba.

Marvel at Madeira's elaborate system of levadas (irrigation channels).

Travel back in time as you wander the maze of narrow byways, past stone buildings and babbling irrigation channels.

Following a winding irrigation channel you reach the lush rainforest of the famous Sendang Gila Waterfall Reserve.

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.

«The region has the largest irrigation scheme in the world, and all those dams and channels would become obsolete in the face of the large floods an increased monsoon would bring.»

On the engineering side, their developments included rainwater cropping, filtration and storage; the construction of surface and underground irrigation channels, including devices to measure the quantity of water stored (Figure 13.4)(Treacy, 1994; Wright and Valencia Zegarra, 2000; Caran and Nelly, 2006).

With over 8 years of experience working on large agricultural lands, I have cut a niche for myself as someone who is well - informed about the intricacies of farming, with special talents in handling irrigation channels.

• Assess the quality of soil to determine crop planting plans and dig trenches accordingly • Seed crops by hand or by using dedicated machineries by ensuring that they are planted in designated areas • Irrigate farm soil by using irrigation channels and ensure that pipes and pumps are properly maintained • Assign work activities to farm hands and direct and monitor them to ensure that they work according to specifications

• Increased sales of the company's largest account, John Deere Landscapes, from $ 450,000 to $ 1.2 M. • Seamlessly expanded the architect and irrigation consultant channels to 300 customer prospects.