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Spanish term or phrase:
de riego y temporal
English translation:
irrigated and rainfed
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Robert Carter
Feb 17, 2016 21:03
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Spanish term
de riego y temporal
Spanish to English
Science
Geology
Mexico
De acuerdo con la el Plan Municipal de Desarrollo del Municipio, la subcuenca Apaseo presenta contaminación de aguas superficiales por el vertido de aguas residuales de tipo municipal sin ningún tratamiento en arroyos y ríos, así como por entradas al Estado de aguas residuales provenientes del oriente por medio del Río Querétaro. Asimismo, la subcuenca presenta alteración de las aguas superficiales por aguas de retorno provenientes de zonas de cultivo de riego y temporal, donde se usan pesticidas así como fertilizantes químicos y orgánicos.
I'm not sure if this would be ...return flows from "irrigation and seasonal farming areas"? Thank you in advance.
I'm not sure if this would be ...return flows from "irrigation and seasonal farming areas"? Thank you in advance.
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irrigated and rainfed
cultivo de riego > irrigated crop (or farming or agriculture)
cultivo de temporal > rainfed crop (or farming or agriculture)
However, the regional variation is large, as is the difference between irrigated and rainfed agriculture. In developing countries rainfed grain yields...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainfed_agriculture
Irrigated farming systems, embracing a broad range of food and cash crop production;
Rainfed farming systems in humid areas of high resource potential
http://www.fao.org/docrep/003/y1860e/y1860e03.htm
cultivo de temporal > rainfed crop (or farming or agriculture)
However, the regional variation is large, as is the difference between irrigated and rainfed agriculture. In developing countries rainfed grain yields...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainfed_agriculture
Irrigated farming systems, embracing a broad range of food and cash crop production;
Rainfed farming systems in humid areas of high resource potential
http://www.fao.org/docrep/003/y1860e/y1860e03.htm
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