command area

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
Selected answer:area around the dam, where the benefits of the dam, such as irrigation water reach.
Entered by: Iren Rad

11:48 Apr 13, 2006
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Agriculture
English term or phrase: command area
Please tell me what does mean "Command Area" here?
Command Area Development & Irrigation Projects
http://www.fao.org/documents/show_cdr.asp?url_file=/docrep/0...
Iren Rad
Local time: 04:25
Chambal is a river in Madhya Pradesh, India...
Explanation:
The text you are referring to is about a dam that has been constructed on this river.

The command area is the area around the dam, where the benefits of the dam, such as irrigation water, electricity, etc., reach.

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Balasubramaniam L.
India
Local time: 06:25
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SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
5 +1Chambal is a river in Madhya Pradesh, India...
Balasubramaniam L.
4 +1Administrative area
Mwananchi
3It is a program for rural development and...
Anna Maria Augustine (X)
3I agree with Balasubramaniam - an irrigated area of land
Anna Quail


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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


Anna Maria Augustine (X)
France
Local time: 02:55
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Administrative area


Explanation:
Area under the administrative authority of the Chambal region. Some sort of district, within those boundaries.

Mwananchi
Kenya
Local time: 03:55
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SwahiliSwahili

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  William [Bill] Gray: Yes, it refers to the administration under one commmand the 62 water user associations who have joined the overall irrigation project.
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Chambal is a river in Madhya Pradesh, India...


Explanation:
The text you are referring to is about a dam that has been constructed on this river.

The command area is the area around the dam, where the benefits of the dam, such as irrigation water, electricity, etc., reach.



Balasubramaniam L.
India
Local time: 06:25
Native speaker of: Native in HindiHindi
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Anna Quail: A command area is linked to water supplies and irrigation projects. It is not just rural development and it is not an administrative area.
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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."

http://www.ifpri.org/2020/focus/focus09/focus09_09.asp


"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."

http://www.waterinfo.net.pk/fswrp.htm

"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. "

http://www.fao.org/docrep/W4367E/w4367e14.htm

"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."

http://www.cseindia.org/dte-supplement/water20031115/more_dr...

http://www.vl-irrigation.org/cms/fileadmin/content/zfb/2005_...

http://www.econ.yale.edu/~rp269/website/papers/dams_OUP_Nov3...




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