Term:
Spray irrigation; sprinkler irrigation; rain irrigation; overhead irrigation
Definition:
Refers to pipe networks through which water moves under pressure before being delivered to the crop via sprinkler nozzles.; Irrigation by which water is ejected into the air to fall onto the soil surface as spray.
Domain:
Water
Source:
World Programme for the Census of Agriculture (WCA 2010), FAO Statistics Division, 2005.; Online Glossary of Irrigation Terms, Visy Industries Australia, retrieved in 2009 (http://www.irrig8right.com.au/Glossary/Glossary.htm); DN, CSCM, FAO, 2009.
