Pivot irrigation system
A center pivot irrigation ( English center-pivot irrigation ), also known as carousel or circular irrigation watering referred becomes the irrigation of agricultural land use.
The rotating pivot irrigation has a central pump and a carrier with spray nozzles mounted on the rotor and running on wheels at its end. Particularly long girders are supported by several wheel racks. The intensity of the watering can be controlled via the rotation speed of the system. The pivot irrigation creates circular cultivation areas.
literature
- Hans-Wilhelm Windhorst, Werner Klohn: Irrigated agriculture in the Great Plains . Structures, problems, perspectives. In: Vechta studies on applied geography and regional science . tape 14 . Vechtaer Druckerei u. Verlag, Vechta 1995, ISBN 3-88441-100-4 , p. 96 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- Terra geography . Spaces and structures. Ernst Klett Verlag , 2006, p. 195 ( online [PDF; 270 kB ]).
Web links
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