irrigation

irrigation

CEFR: C1-C2 /ir-ri-ga-tion/ [ih2.r.ah0.g.ey1.sh.ah0.n]

Irrigation is the watering of the land to make it ready for farming. People often set up irrigation systems, such as sprinklers, to prepare the land for crops. It can mean to supply dry land with water, even in the form of ditches. Here are example sentences:

Example Sentences:
The crops failed because there wasn’t a proper irrigation system.
Dryland farming is the practice cultivating crops without irrigation.
Unsustainable practices in irrigation and production may lead to soil degradation.
California’s primary agricultural land is in semiarid or arid zones where precipitation is highly seasonal and often nil during the growing season. Therefore, nearly all food and feed crop production depend on irrigation.