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    Waterlogging

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    Causes of Water Logging. Water logging is caused by rising water table and this in turn is mainly caused by irrigation. Irrigation waters invariably contain some amount of salts‚ which seep unto ground and create serious problems in the future. If the quantum of irrigation water applied is so small‚ i.e.‚ only meets evaporation as well as evapotranspiration requirements of crops‚ salts in irrigation water will remain in the soil because evaporation and evapotraspiration processes essentially are vaporization

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    Man is constantly trying to use technology to intensify food production. To what extent is technology the answer to world hunger. Using of technology to intensify food production includes choosing seeds of better qualities‚ using modern irrigation methods and using chemicals such as fertilisers‚ pesticides and herbicides to increase the outputs of crop fields because plants become more restricted to dry seasons‚ insects as well as famers are able to grow more rounds of crops in a year. This also

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    Water Conservation

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    ’ Water! Water! Water! ’: These are the words of a person dying from thirst‚ which me or you might be hearing or even crying it out aloud in the near future‚ because human being’s most serious problem and dilemma in the 21st century might not be war or hunger or disease or the collapse of civic order‚ it may be the lack of Fresh Water‚ according to a United Nation’s (UNESCO) report. At present 1.1 billion people lack access to clean water‚ while 2.4 billion lack access to proper sanitation‚ nearly

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    Aquifer Depletion 1

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    There are many water resource problems affecting the world today and we Humans must take action to resolve them. This is because the world cannot exist without water. Every living thing depends on water and would not survive without it. Of all the water resource problems‚ one of the most important to solve would be the depletion of aquifer supplies. An aquifer is the body of sand that is able to store or produce large amounts of water. They can be anywhere from a few feet deep to a few hundred feet

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    There were many outcomes of the ‘Yuma Project’‚ many of which were very positive. But there were also a few downsides to the Yuma irrigation idea. Yuma was never noticed before 1912 because Yuma never really had anything. But all of that changed when the flood in 1916 happened and the Laguna Dam and irrigation system was constructed. But it was not easy and a lot of challenges had to be conquered. This is how Yuma conquered those obstacles that were in the way. The project was very successful and

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    BỘ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO ĐỀ THI MINH HỌA - KỲ THI THPT QUỐC GIA NĂM 2015 Môn: Tiếng Anh Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút. Mark the letter A‚ B‚ C‚ or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions. Question 1: A. drought Question 2: A. builds B. fought B. destroys C. brought C. occurs D. bought D. prevents Mark the letter A‚ B‚ C‚ or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the

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    Visit to a Hospital

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    Rainwater harvesting Rainwater harvesting is the accumulation and deposition of rainwater for reuse before it reaches the aquifer. Uses include water for garden‚ water for livestock‚ water for irrigation‚ etc. In many places the water collected is just redirected to a deep pit with percolation. The harvested water can be used for drinking water as well if the storage is a tank that can be accessed and cleaned when needed. Advantages Rainwater harvesting provides an independent water supply during

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    & where we can reach. How we can reduce the gap between current & targeted. | e.       Limitations if any. | Govt Policies‚ lack of imps by Govt. |   Agriculture irrigation a. Rationale of the study –Technology available for Agriculture‚ Transformational impact of Micro Irrigation & Drip Irrigation in farming * Water is applied to the root zone of the plant directly. * Water is applied at frequent intervals (daily) in controlled quantities as per requirements of the

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    The Native American population is comprised of distinct and heterogenous ethnocultural groups that make up about 1.8 million of the total people in the United States. The American Southwest is particularly unique because of the environment‚ the Native traditions and culture‚ and the historical contact with the Spanish as well as the interactions with the United States government. An enclave describes an area surrounded by or within a territory in which the people in the area are culturally and/or

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    Global Comon

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    and agricultural expansion will be greatest". As a result‚ the World Resources Institute states that‚ "agriculture already accounts for about 70 percent of water consumption worldwide and the United Nations projects a 50 to 100 percent increase in irrigation water by 2025". The article points out that if water demand continues to grow and agriculture continues to dominate the water usage worldwide‚ water supplies will shrink and groundwater reserves will began to be depleted faster than they can be

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