Sentence examples for large irrigation system from inspiring English sources

Boys from Zanzur, a village on the edge of Tripoli, which has a large irrigation system, have been trucking water to the thirsty city centre for nothing.

Federal officials said new estimates showed that the Central Valley Project, the large irrigation system operated by the reclamation bureau, would be able to provide zero to 10percentt of its contracted deliveries.

A famous landmark is Menehune Ditch, a large irrigation system built of smoothed lava stone; according to legend, the structure, constructed before Polynesian settlement, was built in one night by menehunes ("little people").

Permanent settlement in the valley of the Huang He has a history some 4,000 years long, and the first large irrigation system in the Yangtze catchment dates to roughly the same time.

This research aims to evaluate the perceptions of and preferences for irrigation multifunctionality based on an analysis of stakeholder' attitudes in a large irrigation system in Northern Italy, the Muzza canal.

In Sumer, a large irrigation system, as well as over-grazing, land clearing, and lime-burning led to desertification and soil salination.

Especially the Mengwi dynasty was involved in the establishment of large irrigation systems.

Pakistan has world's largest irrigation system, namely the Indus Basin Irrigation System that commands about 14.2 M ha canal irrigated area (Niazi 2008).

The Lower Chenab canal irrigation scheme, the largest irrigation scheme of the Indus Basin irrigation system was selected for an estimate of groundwater recharge using the soil and water assessment tool (SWAT) at high spatial and temporal resolution under changing climate.

Pakistan contains the world's largest contiguous irrigation system, water experts say.

The area possesses one of the most complete collections of ancient residential sites, more than a dozen heiaus (ceremonial and religious structures), and a large-scale irrigation system.