Sentence examples for dams for irrigation from inspiring English sources

We could have dams for irrigation and electricity, for example.

One phase of this nation's environmental history was the building of thousands of dams for irrigation and hydropower.

Dams for irrigation, meanwhile, have a doubly damaging impact on fisheries: they not only hold back water, but also encourage the conversion of forest to farmland in the flood-plain.Irrigated rice-farming, which is two or three times more productive than the rain-fed sort, is growing rapidly throughout the basin, albeit from a low base.

And they are least able to adapt, say by building levees against storms or dams for irrigation.

This has made the construction of dams for irrigation purposes not too useful and has led to low harvest in some seasons.

Growing concern about the safety of food and water will likely help in developing improved strategies while planning and designing large dams for irrigation purposes.

Below Sara Buri, the Pa Sak is dammed for irrigation.

The upper course of the 83-mile (134-km) river is dammed for irrigation.

The river has been dammed for irrigation, especially along its course in Tamil Nadu.

The river is extensively dammed for irrigation, especially in Tamil Nadu.

They are well watered by the Limpopo River's tributaries, which are dammed for irrigation, recreation, and water supply.