When crops receive water through channels or furrows dug between the crop rows.
* Easy and inexpensive
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Basin irrigation / Flood irrigation
When a flat piece of land is surrounded by low walls, usually made of mud, and then flooded with water.
* Can cause waterlogging
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Sprinkler irrigation / Spray irrigation
When water is dispersed by rotating sprinklers fed by pipes.
* Expensive and energy consuming
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Drip irrigation
When water is dripped directly near plant roots.
* Minimal water loss, expensive
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Waterlogging
A form of soil degradation that occurs when soil remains underwater for long periods of time.
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Salinization
A form of soil degradation that occurs when salts in irrigation water become highly concentrated on the soil surface through evaporation and transpiration.
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