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Tile drainage is a form of agricultural drainage system that removes excess sub-surface water from fields to allow sufficient air space within the soil, proper cultivation, and access by heavy machinery to tend and harvest crops.
An agricultural drainage system is a system by which water is drained on or in the soil to enhance agricultural ... buried pipe drains, tile drains, or mole ...
Drainage system (agriculture), land forming or land shaping to enhance the drainage from the soil surface in agricultural land; Contour plowing, controlling runoff and soil erosion; Subsurface (groundwater) drainage Horizontal drainage by pipes and ditches Tile drainage; Vertical drainage by wells Well drainage; Watertable control; Otherwise:
In geotechnical engineering, watertable control is the practice of controlling the height of the water table by drainage.Its main applications are in agricultural land (to improve the crop yield using agricultural drainage systems) and in cities to manage the extensive underground infrastructure that includes the foundations of large buildings, underground transit systems, and extensive ...
Agricultural land drainage has agricultural, environmental, hydrological, engineering, economical, social and socio-political aspects (Figure 1). All these aspects can be subject of drainage research. The aim (objective, target) of agricultural land drainage is the optimized agricultural production related to: reclamation of agricultural land
A diagram of a traditional French drain. A French drain [1] (also known by other names including trench drain, blind drain, [1] rubble drain, [1] and rock drain [1]) is a trench filled with gravel or rock, or both, with or without a perforated pipe that redirects surface water and groundwater away from an area.
Finding a few strands of hair in your shower drain after shampooing and conditioning usually isn’t cause for alarm. After all, most adults shed from 50 to 100 strands per day, according to the ...
He is credited with the first public introduction of agricultural drainage in the United States. He did so in 1838. John Johnston was born in Scotland and emigrated to the United States in 1821. His farmhouse in upper Geneva, New York is now a museum of his life and drainage tiles.