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Water use in alluvial fans refers to irrigation systems using the water resources in alluvial fans, mainly river floods and groundwater recharged by infiltration of rain or river water, to enhance the production of agricultural crops.

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Water use in alluvial fans

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Water use in alluvial fans refers to irrigation systems using the water resources in alluvial fans, mainly river floods and groundwater recharged by infiltration...

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Alluvial fan

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An alluvial fan is an accumulation of sediments that fans outwards from a concentrated source of sediments, such as a narrow canyon emerging from an escarpment...

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Alluvial diagram

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on flow, alluvial diagrams are named after alluvial fans that are naturally formed by the soil deposited from streaming water. In an alluvial diagram,...

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Irrigation

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countries by irrigated land area Surface irrigation Tidal irrigation Water use in alluvial fans All pages with titles containing irrigation Snyder, R. L.; Melo-Abreu...

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Alluvial plain

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An alluvial plain is a plain (a largely flat landform) created by the deposition of sediment over a long period of time by one or more rivers coming from...

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Vargas tragedy

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hundred thousand people lived in this narrow coastal strip in Vargas State. Many of these people lived atop alluvial fans formed by debris flows sourced...

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Qanat

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mountains or foothills; water is more abundant in the mountains because of orographic lifting and excavation in the alluvial fan is relatively easy. The...

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Groundwater

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freshwater in the world is groundwater. A unit of rock or an unconsolidated deposit is called an aquifer when it can yield a usable quantity of water. The depth...

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Wadi

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portions of alluvial fans and extend to inland sabkhas or dry lakes. In basin and range topography, wadis trend along basin axes at the terminus of fans. Permanent...

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Okavango Delta

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upstream changes in climate and water use on hydro-ecology in the Okavango Delta, Botswana". Journal of Hydrology. Water Resources in Regional Development:...

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Sedimentation

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initial suspension in air or water. Sedimentation may pertain to objects of various sizes, ranging from large rocks in flowing water, to suspensions of...

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Levee

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are typically placed in alluvial rivers perpendicular, or at an angle, to the bank of the channel or the revetment, and are used widely along coastlines...

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Desert pavement

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rounded rock fragments of pebble and cobble size. They typically top alluvial fans. Desert varnish collects on the exposed surface rocks over time. Geologists...

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Water on Mars

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"Sedimentology and climatic environment of alluvial fans in the martian Saheki crater and a comparison with terrestrial fans in the Atacama Desert" (PDF). Icarus...

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Fluvial sediment processes

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Point bars Alluvial fans Braided rivers Oxbow lakes Levees Waterfalls Rivers and streams carry sediment in their flows. This sediment can be in a variety...

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Lake Bonneville

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slopes and alluvial fans. At its maximum, when Lake Bonneville was more than 980 ft (300 m) deep and almost 20,000 sq mi (51,000 km2) in surface area...

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Distributary

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also occur inland, on alluvial fans, or where a tributary stream bifurcates as it nears its confluence with a larger stream. In some cases, a minor distributary...

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Fluvisol

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levees and higher parts in marine landscapes were recognized in prehistoric times. Fluvisols are found on alluvial plains, river fans, valleys and tidal marshes...

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Depositional environment

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redirect targets – type of Fluvial deposit. Caused by moving water in a fan shape (Alluvial Fan) and containing mostly impermeable and nonporous sediments...

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Okavango River

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Instead, it discharges into the Okavango Delta or Okavango Alluvial Fan, in an endorheic basin in the Kalahari Desert. The Cuito River is a major tributary...

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Sediment

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wind, water, or ice or by the force of gravity acting on the particles. For example, sand and silt can be carried in suspension in river water and on...

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Owens Valley

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sloping alluvial fans and mostly level basin floors, terraces, and floodplains. Elevations range from about 3,800 feet (1,200 m) along the Owens River in the...

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Chalk stream

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rise from springs in landscapes with chalk bedrock. Since chalk is permeable, water percolates easily through the ground to the water table and chalk streams...

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Great Basin Desert

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The sagebrush zone occurs on the lower mountain slopes, alluvial fans, and bajadas. Areas in this zone that have wetter and less saline soils are dominated...

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Irrigation in Iran

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groundwater, drainage and soil salinity control in the alluvial fan of Garmsar The irrigation system for the alluvial fan of Garmsar is quite well developed (Fig...

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Places of interest in the Death Valley area

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At the canyon mouth water spreads out and deposits its sediment load, gradually building up a large wedge-shaped alluvial fan that extends down toward...

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Loess Plateau

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transported by the water and deposited in mountain foot and lowland basins. This may even form alluvial fans. There is a huge alluvial fan at the mountain...

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