Irrigation and Soil Salinity in the Indian Subcontinent: Past and PresentLehigh University Press, 2005 - 404 pagini This book deals with the development of irrigation in the subcontinent since the beginning of settled agriculture, and its possible connections with the occurrence of salinity and alkalinity in irrigated lands. |
Cuprins
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Water Resources of the Subcontinent and Their Management | 39 |
History of Irrigation up to 1858 | 63 |
Irrigation Works of the British and PostIndependence Period | 86 |
Soils of the Subcontinent and Sources of Salt Accretion | 127 |
Irrigation and Soil Salinity The Connection | 199 |
Nature and Distribution of Saltlands and Their Native Flora | 224 |
Research into Saltlands | 253 |
Reclamation and Management of Saltlands and Saline Irrigation | 301 |
Plantation Forestry and Other Uses of Saltlands | 326 |
Glossary of Uncommon Terms | 347 |
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Termeni și expresii frecvente
agriculture alkali lands alkali soils alluvial Andhra Pradesh annual arid Balochistan Bari Doab Barrage Bengal Bihar black soils Bombay CaCO3 calcium canal commands canal irrigation canal system canal water carbonate Chenab clay constructed crop cultivation cumecs Deccan delta deposits districts drainage drains experiments farmers flood Godavari groundwater table Gujarat gypsum Haryana Himalayas increased India Indo-Gangetic plains Indus Basin inundation canals irrigation irrigation projects irrigation water Jehlum kalar kankar km² lakes leaching Lower Lower Chenab Maharashtra manure Mg ha¹ monsoon Northwestern Provinces Pakistan peninsular planned plantations planted Provinces and Avadh Punjab rainfall Rajasthan Rechna Doab reclamation region Research reservoirs rice River saline soils saltlands salts seepage Sindh Singh sodic sodium soil salinity soluble species storage subcontinent subsurface surface survey Sutlej tanks tion tree tubewells Upper Uttar Pradesh Vertisols water resources water table water table rise waterlogging and soil Yamuna
Pasaje populare
Pagina 19 - ... or appearance of water. They who saw it in time easily escaped ; they who did not, were inevitably lost. It was a horrible mess of foul water, carcases of soldiers, peasants, war-steeds, Camels, prostitutes, tents, mules, asses, trees, and household furniture, in short, every item of existence jumbled together in one flood...
Pagina 369 - STAFF. 1954. Diagnosis and Improvement of Saline and Alkali Soils.
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