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| canal |
a man-made waterway for transportation or irrigation. [1/3 definitions] |
| channel |
a long, narrow, man-made trench or natural waterway for irrigation, boating, or fishing, or that connects two larger bodies of water. [1/8 definitions] |
| dike |
a ditch, or bank of earth dug from a ditch, as to channel irrigation. [1/6 definitions] |
| ditch |
a long narrow trench that provides a waterway for drainage or irrigation or a receptacle for something to be buried in, such as sewer pipes or electric power lines. [1/7 definitions] |
| dry farming |
a kind of farming practiced in arid regions without irrigation by growing drought-resistant crops or covering them with mulch or other substances to prevent the soil's moisture from evaporating. |
| float |
to cover with a liquid; flood, as for irrigation. [1/14 definitions] |
| noria |
a wheel fitted with buckets around the rim, used to lift water, as from a river to an irrigation ditch, esp. in Spain and the Orient. |
| riparian right |
the right of a person who owns riparian land to use and have access to the shore and water, as for fishing or irrigation. |
| Tennessee Valley Authority |
a U.S. federal corporation formed in 1933 to provide inexpensive electric power, flood control, and irrigation to the Tennessee Valley by developing the Tennessee River and creating dams, reservoirs, and the like. |
| TVA |
abbreviation of "Tennessee Valley Authority," a U.S. federal corporation formed in 1933 to provide inexpensive electric power, flood control, and irrigation to the Tennessee Valley by developing the Tennessee River and creating dams, reservoirs, and the like. |
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