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Also Known As land irrigation

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irrigation
Los Angeles Aqueduct
irrigation canal
irrigation sprinklers
Idaho: irrigation
irrigation sprinklers
irrigation: centre-pivot system
Farmland in France being irrigated.
irrigation: portable overhead sprinkler system
Learn about how the fog in the Atacama Desert of Chile irrigates Chañaral province
Oman's ancient irrigation systems: Supporting life in a desert
Extreme agriculture: Terrace cultivation on Madeira Island, Portugal
Explore traditional Egyptian irrigation methods and tools including the shaduf, water screw, and waterwheel
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Old Aswan Dam
Sir William Willcocks
British engineer
Cotton, Sir Arthur Thomas
Sir Arthur Thomas Cotton
British engineer
Indravarman I
king of Angkor