irrigation channel

collocation in English

meaningsofirrigationandchannel

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irrigation
noun[U]
uk
/ˌɪr.ɪˈɡeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌɪr.əˈɡeɪ.ʃən/
the practice of supplying land with water so that crops and plants ...
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channel
noun[C]
uk
/ˈtʃæn.əl/us
/ˈtʃæn.əl/
a television or radio station (= an organization that broadcasts television or ...
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(Definition ofirrigationandchannelfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Both fields were sown at about the same time, were similar in size (c. 3 ha. each), and were separated by anirrigationchannel.
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It should have been diverted into a more profitableirrigationchannel.
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An example of flow leaving a channel would be anirrigationchannel.
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As a child, he ran away from his nanny and fell into anirrigationchanneland injured his eyes.
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The reconstructed canal would be a one-kilometer cobblestoneirrigationchannelalong the village with a curb separating the roadway from the canal.
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The vehicle over-turned and landed on its roof in anirrigationchannel.
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There is an area of 115 hectares of land supported by anirrigationchannel, with a length of 10.4 km., with 4.2 km. of the length in lined channel.
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In this case the water is supplied by anirrigationchannelrunning the length of the field and positioned either at one side or midway across the field width.
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Were we told then, where the irrigation channels were to be?
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This situation is expected to worsen as stocks in water protection areas and in groundwater run out, and given the impossibility of operating irrigation channels.
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Bank staff estimate that the number of people affected by irrigation channels will be around 5,000 to 10,000.
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Rice production is acutely dependent on rainfall and government supply necessity of water through irrigation channels throughout the cultivation seasons.
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The main irrigation channels are now crossed with dried fields and their cracked beds have not held water for centuries.
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This amount is much less than the 50,000 ha originally planned because of higher rates of absorption and evaporation along some of the irrigation channels.
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These were punctuated with irrigation channels which the sappers rapidly bridged with palm trees.
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During this period, there was the large-scale land reclamation program, the construction of irrigation channels, and other measures.
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The dam and irrigation channels, no longer maintained, eroded and finally collapsed early in the 19th century.
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Of the 47,750 km of interfarm irrigation channels in the basin, only 28% have antifiltration linings.
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Excavation indicates the trees were planted in a pattern, with surface irrigation channels.
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Many irrigation channels were repaired, new roads were constructed, and avenue trees were planted.
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