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Chapter 21: Sprinkler Irrigation

Chapter 21: Sprinkler Irrigation

pp. 365-402

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, Texas A & M University, , Texas A & M University
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Summary

Sprinkler irrigation is becoming popular these days all over the world, especially because water is becoming scarce for meeting agricultural needs fully, and demands on water resources are growing from other competing sectors, such as industry, energy generation, waste disposal, domestic, and so on. The objective of this chapter is to discuss different aspects of sprinkler irrigation.

Keywords

  • Wetted area
  • nozzles
  • emitters
  • application rate
  • head loss
  • application efficiency
  • motor efficiency
  • laterals
  • mainline
  • sprinkler discharge
  • management allowed depletion
  • irrigation interval
  • wind effect

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