olive orchards
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olive
noun[C]
uk/ˈɒl.ɪv/us/ˈɑː.lɪv/
a small bitter green or black fruit that is eaten or used to produce oil, or a Mediterranean tree on which this ...
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orchard
noun[C]
uk/ˈɔː.tʃəd/us/ˈɔːr.tʃɚd/
an area of land where fruit trees (but not orange trees or other citrus trees) ...
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(Definition ofoliveandorchardfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Evaluating the impact of soil management on soil loss in olive orchards.
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Analysis of effects of soil management on runoff generation in olive orchards using a physically based model.
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There, parasitoids of olive fruit fly in wild olives serve as a population reservoir for spread into commercial olive orchards.
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Tillage in traditionally rain-fed olive orchards is considered necessary to avoid competition with the natural vegetation for water and nutrients, to reduce compaction and to improve infiltration.
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The settlements in the occupied territories are illegal under international law, let alone the grubbing up of the olive orchards.
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Agriculture continues to be important, with the cultivation of cereals, foraging and industrial plants, such as olive orchards dominating the rural landscape.
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Frosts and snow damaged vines and wrecked chestnut and olive orchards in the south.
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It was separated from the city by a terraced valley planted with fig, almond, and olive orchards.
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Its total land area consists of 4,740 dunams of which nearly a 1/4 is covered with olive orchards.
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The city was filled with thick areas of vegetable gardens while the surrounding countryside included fields of wheat, barley, date palms and olive orchards.
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In 1944/45 it had 2,102 dunams (505 acres) planted with cereals and 544 dunams (136 acres) either irrigated or fig and olive orchards.
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Human activity has thinned the forest, with farmland, olive orchards, pastures, and urbanized areas.
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The land on the periphery of the reservoir consists of agricultural lands on the eastern side where arable crops and olive orchards are seen.
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Olive orchards were planted for the production of olive oil.
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While the disease is not highly detrimental, it can cause chronic problems and severe economic losses in some olive orchards.
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This area is currently used as a teahouse and overlooks the sea, olive orchards and the beautiful scenery from the top under pine and plane trees.
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