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| Domain | Definition |
Food & Agriculture | Water forced through pipes and distributed by sprinklers. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A method of irrigation in which water is applied to the land whether as a broad stream or down furrows. The term, therefore, applies to flood irrigation, irrigation by surface flooding and furrow irrigation. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Surface irrigation system using siphon tubes. Credit: Dan Ogle. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | According to experts in the Ministry of Water Resources, surface irrigation (as opposed to sub-surface drip and other systems) accounts for 97% of China's irrigation. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Language | Translations for "SURFACE IRRIGATION"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | sprinklervanding (overhead irrigation, overhead watering, spray irrigation, sprinkler irrigation, sprinkling, sprinkling irrigation), vanding ved overrisling eller afløb (overhead irrigation, overhead watering, spray irrigation, sprinkler irrigation, sprinkling, sprinkling irrigation), vanding (overhead irrigation, overhead watering, spray irrigation, sprinkler irrigation, sprinkling, sprinkling irrigation, watering), oversproejtning (overhead irrigation, overhead watering, spray irrigation, sprinkler irrigation, sprinkling, sprinkling irrigation), overrisling (trickling), overfladevanding (trickling), kunstig vanding (irrigation, trickling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | oppervlakte-irrigatie (trickling), kunstmatige beregening (overhead irrigation, overhead watering, spray irrigation, sprinkler irrigation, sprinkling, sprinkling irrigation), irrigatie (douching, irrigation), bevloeiing (watering), besproeiing (watering). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | sadetus (overhead irrigation, overhead watering, spray irrigation, sprinkler irrigation, sprinkling, sprinkling irrigation), pintakastelu (trickling), keinokastelu (trickling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | irrigation superficielle, irrigation par aspersion, irrigation de surface, aspersion, arrosage en pluie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | oberirdische Bewässerung (trickling), Oberflächenbewässerung (trickling), künstliche Beregnung (overhead irrigation, overhead watering, spray irrigation, sprinkler irrigation, sprinkling, sprinkling irrigation), Bewässerung (irrigation, watering), Berieselung (constant stream, watering), Beregnungssystem (overhead irrigation, overhead watering, spray irrigation, sprinkler irrigation, sprinkling, sprinkling irrigation), Beregnung (overhead irrigation, overhead watering, spray irrigation, sprinkler irrigation, sprinkling, sprinkling irrigation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | άρδευση δια καταιονήσεως (overhead irrigation, overhead watering, spray irrigation, sprinkler irrigation, sprinkling, sprinkling irrigation), άρδευση δια τεχνητής βροχής (overhead irrigation, overhead watering, spray irrigation, sprinkler irrigation, sprinkling, sprinkling irrigation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | felületi öntözés, csörgedeztető öntözés. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | pluvirrigazione (overhead irrigation, overhead watering, spray irrigation, sprinkler irrigation, sprinkling, sprinkling irrigation), irrorazione (spraying, trickling), irrigazione per aspersione (overhead irrigation, overhead watering, spray irrigation, sprinkler irrigation, sprinkling, sprinkling irrigation), irrigazione in superficie (trickling), irrigazione di superficie (trickling), irrigazione ad aspersione (overhead irrigation, overhead watering, spray irrigation, sprinkler irrigation, sprinkling, sprinkling irrigation), irrigazione a pioggia (overhead irrigation, overhead watering, spray irrigation, sprinkler irrigation, sprinkling, sprinkling irrigation), fertirrigazione a pioggia (overhead irrigation, overhead watering, spray irrigation, sprinkler irrigation, sprinkling, sprinkling irrigation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | urfacesay irrigationay irrigação superficial (trickling), irrigação por aspersão (trickling), escoamento (flow, leakage, outflow, ullage), aspersão (affusion, aspersion). (various references) rociado (dewy, sputter), riego superficial (trickling), riego por aspersión (overhead irrigation, overhead watering, spray irrigation, sprinkler irrigation, sprinkling, sprinkling irrigation, trickling), riego de superficie (trickling), fertilización con agua de riego de superficie (overhead irrigation, overhead watering, spray irrigation, sprinkler irrigation, sprinkling, sprinkling irrigation). (various references) spridarbevattning (overhead irrigation, overhead watering, spray irrigation, sprinkler irrigation, sprinkling, sprinkling irrigation), ytbevattning (trickling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-f-g-i-i-i-n-o-r-r-r-s-t-u" | |
-4 letters: geriatricians. | |
-5 letters: gasification, geriatrician, organicities, rarefactions, reifications. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Usage: Commercial 2. Images: Photo Album 3. Quotations: Non-fiction 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Anagrams 6. Bibliography |
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