Sentence examples for heavy irrigation from inspiring English sources

Heavy irrigation has also elevated the concentration of salts and other contaminants in the soil, thereby rendering formerly arable land unusable.

However, Thuja orientalis (=Platycladus orientalis) is quite susceptible to Armillaria even without heavy irrigation as highly susceptible species do not require excessively high soil moisture to be killed.

The answer -- the reason "the very soil lost its virtue" -- is that heavy irrigation in a hot, dry climate leads to a gradual accumulation of salt in the soil.

In "Ur of the Chaldees," Leonard Woolley asked: "Why, if Ur was an empire's capital, if Sumer was once a vast granary, has the population dwindled to nothing, the very soil lost its virtue?" The answer -- the reason "the very soil lost its virtue" -- is that heavy irrigation in a hot, dry climate leads to a gradual accumulation of salt in the soil.

Heavy irrigation brings it to the surface, and over time, toxic levels begin appearing in drain water.

There are beds of flowers, ground covering, shrubs and expansive fields of grass--all requiring heavy irrigation.

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Heavy machinery, irrigation systems, soil and nutrient sensors, financial information and weather data are all connected and coordinated in ways that supercharge farm yields and efficiencies.

Heavy soils require irrigation only once a week; while in most soils irrigation is required every second or third day.

From similar passing remarks scholars have inferred that the gods, before humanity came into being, had to labour hard at the heavy works of irrigation for agriculture and dug out the beds of the Tigris and the Euphrates.

Replicate plots within a single plantation were established at the midpoint of the rotation (end of year 3), with treatments of no additional fertilization or irrigation, heavy fertilization (to remove any nutrient limitation), irrigation (to remove any water limitation), and irrigation plus fertilization.