Irrigation

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Across
  1. 2. occurs when too much water is left to sit in the soil, which raises the water table of the groundwater and inhibits plants' ability to absorb oxygen through their roots
  2. 3. the upper surface of the zone of saturation
  3. 5. water that exists underground in saturated zones beneath the land surface.
  4. 7. It is a system of long hoses with sprinklers along the length or a center pivot system
  5. 8. occurs when the salts in groundwater remain in the soil after the water evaporates, becoming highly concentrated on the soil surface
  6. 9. involves cutting trenches between crop rows and filling them with water which seeps into the ground and provides moisture for plant roots
  7. 10. a body of rock and/or sediment that holds groundwater.
Down
  1. 1. involves flooding an agricultural field with water and letting the water soak in evenly.
  2. 4. shallow water table aquifer surrounded by sand, silt, clay, and gravel located beneath the Great Plains in the United States.
  3. 6. Where one places tubing on the ground alongside the plants, that drips water into the soil near the roots.