Sentence examples for irrigation dikes from inspiring English sources

"The Khmer Rouge emptied all cities and towns, and put practically the entire population to work planting rice and digging irrigation dikes and canals".

The patrol stood and sprinted toward the withdrawing Taliban, and then ran across irrigation dikes and poppy fields and entered the compound that had been struck.

The Vietcong were firing from foxholes dug amid the shrubbery and trees on top of an irrigation dike that bordered the hamlet.

Behind the foxhole line, the irrigation dike enabled Viet Cong units to communicate with each other.

To the south and west of Ap Bac, the Viet Cong dug a series of foxholes in front of an irrigation dike, which afforded them an unobstructed field of fire in the surrounding rice fields.

The area was largely agricultural, intersected with dikes and irrigation ditches, although these did not present significant obstacles.

Before the cyclone hit, dikes had collapsed, irrigation systems had failed and bridges were sometimes impassable, Mr. Turnell said.

Instead, they were made responsible for maintaining a key dike that supported irrigation of the capital's rice paddies, producing the silk used to make the king's clothing, and conscripting soldiers for the king's army.

We conclude that furrow diking has the capability to reduce irrigation requirements and the costs associated with irrigation when rainfall is periodic and drought is not severe.

It is protected on all sides by dikes and canals that are used for both irrigation and drainage.

An intricate irrigation system includes more than 1,200 miles (1,900 km) of flood dikes.