English translation: area around the dam, where the benefits of the dam, such as irrigation water reach.
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English term or phrase:
command area
English translation:
area around the dam, where the benefits of the dam, such as irrigation water reach.
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To FrenchtoEnglish: Yes, Thank you for your explanation, I have also found similar evidences and I think Balasubramaniam is quite right.
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It is a program for rural development and...
Explanation: in this particular case, it is called Chambal Command. So it is the whole rural area being developped. Chambal would be a particular part of the rural area being developped under this programme.
Kumarappa Institute of Gram swaraj - [ Traduire cette page ]Chambal Command Area Development: Socio-Economic Impact (1983) [Dr. Awadh Prasad]. The impact of this irrigational plan on the socio-economic life of the ... www.kigs.org/research.htm - 50k - En cache - Pages similaires
I agree with Balasubramaniam - an irrigated area of land
Explanation: I just wanted to add some information found on the web, but Balasubramaniam is quite right.
"DEFINITION AND TYPES OF WATERHARVESTING SYSTEMS
Water harvesting refers to the small-scale concentration, collection, storage, and use of rainwater runoff for both domestic and agricultural use. This definition implies that the catchment area from which the water is drawn is larger than ****the command area, where it is collected and used****. The ratio of catchment to command is inversely related to the amount and intensity of rainfall, the impermeability of soil, and the slope of the land on which it falls. Rainfall intensity is particularly important, since intense storms generate the most runoff."
"The waters of the Indus Basin Rivers are diverted through reservoirs/barrages into canals, classified as Main Canals. These main canals then distribute the irrigation water into their command areas through a network of branch canals."
"There are three major secondary channels in the command area (Figure 1). Between the three channels a time division is in place. The right channel receives water first for four days; next the central channel is served for two days; and finally the full supply goes to the left channel for six days. "
"Making it stretch
Efficient use of water is the answer to many of these problems. Much of India’s cultivable area is fed on rainwater, which leaves farmers vulnerable to drought. Drip irrigation can effectively enable farmers in drought-prone areas to stretch their meagre supplies of water. It can also be used successfully in hilly and undulating terrains, which can never be brought under "command areas" of conventional irrigation projects as much of the water would simply flow off."
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