Sentence examples for irrigation meaning from inspiring English sources
With the systems, farmers are able to save up to 70percentt of the water they would normally use in flood irrigation, meaning they spend less on water, are guaranteed a better crop (because they aren't dependent on abundant rainfall, without which flood irrigation becomes very expensive) and thus take home more money.
In 2000, 1 730 767 ha were equipped for irrigation, meaning an average increase of 0.9percentt per year since 1992.
As some areas in LS are already today under irrigation, it would be interesting to estimate probable changes in irrigation practices, meaning an estimation of the amount of water needed for optimal growth and taking the actually available amount of water into account.
The lack of rain and the incessant heat, has also increased the need for irrigation water for farming, meaning increasing competition between the agricultural and power generation sectors for the same shrinking water "pool".
A beck (a local word meaning "stream") flows through Salta, fed in part by irrigation channels.
Here in the Aral basin, warmer temperatures will cause increased evaporation, meaning that even more water will be needed for irrigation, making it even less likely that the Aral will ever be refilled.
Mindful of this, Mr Modi, when in Gujarat, rolled out irrigation, a wider electricity grid to villages and promoted an ugly term, "rurban", meaning a drive to bring urban amenities, such as the internet, to the countryside.
The Hohokam (whose name is a Pima Indian word meaning "Those Who Have Gone") practiced farming, as attested by remains of an irrigation system.
