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Ditch

A ditch is a small-to-moderate size trench created to channel water. A ditch can be used for drainage, to drain water from low-lying areas, alongside roadways or fields, or to channel water from a more distant source for plant irrigation. Ditches are commonly seen around farmland, especially in areas that have required drainage, such as The Fens in…

Sustainability of drainage ditches, Etymology & Water diversion ditches

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Sustainability of drainage ditches

AgricultureWorldWater contaminationDroughtGeomorphological
20 related topics

Etymology

Anglo-SaxonTrench"dike"/"dyke"Offa's DykeCar Dyke
13 related topics

Water diversion ditches

ColoradoAqueductsTransbasin diversionGrand DitchLa Poudre Pass
7 related topics

Herbicides

HerbicidesWeedsBroadleaf herbicides
3 related topics

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Etymology

Sustainability of drainage ditches

Water diversion ditches

Herbicides

For forage and hay

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Ditch

Nodes65
Edges64
Triples36
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.030769
Components1

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Ditch

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related to Etymology · 18
Ditch → Bourne North Fen, Car Dyke, East Anglia, England, English Midlands, In, In Anglo-Saxon, Lincolnshire, Rippingale Running Dike, River Glen, South Forty Foot Drain, TF1427, The, The Weir Dike, This, Thus Offa's Dyke, Twenty, Where
related to Water diversion ditches · 7
Ditch → Berthoud Pass Ditch, Boreas Pass Ditch, Colorado, Examples, Grand Ditch, La Poudre Pass, Particularly
related to Sustainability of drainage ditches · 6
Ditch → Drainage, Encouraging, Improper, Industrial, Slowed, Sustainable
related to For forage and hay · 2
Ditch → Ditches, If
related to Herbicides · 2
Ditch → Herbicides, Primarily
is a · 1
Ditch → small-to-moderate size trench created to channel water

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drainage water ditches channel areas trench herbicides may england forage hay citation needed used alongside fields major especially drought urban

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Ditchis asmall-to-moderate size trench created to channel water0.90text
Ditchrelated to EtymologyIn Anglo-Saxon0.60section
Ditchrelated to EtymologyEngland0.60section
Ditchrelated to EtymologyThe0.60section
Ditchrelated to EtymologyThis0.60section
Ditchrelated to EtymologyThus Offa's Dyke0.60section
Ditchrelated to EtymologyCar Dyke0.60section
Ditchrelated to EtymologyIn0.60section
Ditchrelated to EtymologyEnglish Midlands0.60section
Ditchrelated to EtymologyEast Anglia0.60section
Ditchrelated to EtymologyWhere0.60section
Ditchrelated to EtymologyRippingale Running Dike0.60section

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