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Laboratory Exercise No. 1

Glossary of Irrigation and Drainage

Concepts and Terminologies

A good command of the concepts and terminologies in irrigation and drainage is an

essential competency of agriculturists in order to communicate effectively with other agriculture
practitioners. It also enhances the teaching-learning process. For these reasons, you are required
to find in the world-wide-web and elsewhere the definition of the hereunder concepts and
terminologies. To reinforce learning, you are also required to include pictures, drawings, or
illustrations of these concepts and terminologies.

After accomplishing the required activities, you should be able to comprehend and
have a good grasp of the meaning of the different irrigation and drainage concepts and
terminologies.

Qty Description/Specification

1 pair Scissors
1 pc Ball pen
1 pc Highlighter

Step 1 In the world-wide-web (www) and elsewhere, find the meaning of the different
concepts and terminologies in irrigation and drainage.

Step 2 Find also pictures, drawing, or illustrations of at least 50 concepts and terminologies
of your choice. Print then cut and paste these at the left-side directly opposite the
term being defined. Label them accordingly.
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Due Date: ASAP but not later than ____________________________________.

Penalty for Late Submission: 5 points deduction per day of delay

If space is not enough, continue at the left-side directly opposite the term being defined.

Agriculture As a Science:

As an Art:

As a Business:

Irrigation

Drainage
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A
Access area

Active storage

Acre-foot (acre-ft)

Aeration

Afflux elevation

Appropriation
doctrine
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Aqueduct

Aquifer

Aquifer, confined

Aquifer, unconfined

Available moisture
content

B
Backflow
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Bank

Basin irrigation

Bed load

Border irrigation

Border strip

Bund
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C
Channel
(watercourse)

Channel bed slope

Chute

Clod

Conduit

Consumptive use
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Conveyance
efficiency

Conveyance loss

Creek

Crest

Critical depth

Critical flow
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Critical velocity

Crop coefficient

Crop
evapotranspiration

Cropping pattern

Crop water
requirement

Crumb
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Cubic feet per

second (cfs)

Culvert

D
Dam

Dead storage

Delta

Design capacity
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Design rainfall
intensity

Design return period

Design storm
duration

Differential water
capacity

Ditch

Diversion
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Diversion dam

Diversion water
requirement

Domestic water use

Downstream

Dredging

Drip irrigation
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Drop structure

Drought

E
Effective rainfall

Effective rooting
depth

Effluent

Emitter
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Energy grade line

Erosive velocity

Estuary

Evapotranspiration

F
Farm water
requirement

Flashboards
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Floodway

Flow, laminar

Flow, steady

Flow, turbulent

Flow, uniform

Flow, unsteady
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Flume

Forebay

Freeboard

Field capacity

Friction head

Furrow
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Furrow irrigation

G
Gage

Gage height

Gate

Gleying

H
Head
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Head loss

Head, static

Head, total

Headwater

Horizon, soil

Hydraulic head
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Hydraulic grade line

Hydraulic jump

Hydraulic radius

Hydrologic
frequency analysis

Hydrostatic head

I
Inverted siphon
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Irrigation efficiency

Irrigation
requirement

Irrigation return flow

Isobar

Isohyet

Isotherm
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Isovel

L
Land preparation
soaking requirement

Land soaking water

requirement

Levee

Lining

Lotic waters
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Lysimeter

M
Maximum
permissible velocity

Meander

Million gallons per

day (mgd)

Moisture content,
soil

Moisture content,
volume basis
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Moisture content,
volume basis

Morphology, soil

N
Nappe

O
Observation well

Ogee
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Open channel

Organic matter

Orifice

P
Pan coefficient

Pan evaporation

Parapet wall
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Peak discharge

Percolation rate

Permanent wilting
point

Permeability

Piezometer

Ponding
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Pore space

Porosity

Porosity, effective

Potential irrigable
area

Pressure head

Pressure, hydrostatic
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R
Recharge area

Recharge capacity

Reference crop
evapotranspiration

Reservoir

Return flow

River basin
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Rock-fill dam

S
Sewer

Shallow tube well

Side slope

Soil bulk density

Soil moisture
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Specific capacity

Specific discharge

Specific retention

Specific storage

Specific yield

Spillway
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Spillway crest

Sprinkler irrigation

Stage

Stream

Streamflow

Storage capacity
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Sub-irrigation

Sub-surface irrigation
system

Surface irrigation
system

T
Thalweg

Time of
concentration

Top width
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Trickle irrigation

U
Unimodal rainfall
pattern

Unlined channel

Upstream

V
Valve

Virtual water
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Void ratio

W
Wastewater

Watercourse

Water hammer

Water right

Watershed
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Well log

Weir

Wetland

Wetted perimeter

Withdrawal

X
Xeriscaping
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Y
Yield

(Draw conclusions as to the things you have learned and/or experienced out of this exercise.)
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International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage. (n.d). ICID [Logo]. Retrieved from
https://icid2019.com/international-commision-on-irrigation-and-drainage/

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. (n.d). NASEM [Logo]. Retrieved
from http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/biso/SS/index.htm

Sabia Landscaping and Tree Service. (n.d). SLTS [Logos]. Retrieved from
http://www.sabialandscaping.com/landscaping/seasonal-yard-garden-services/ and
http://www.sabialandscaping.com/irrigation-drainage/