Agricultural Water Management Vocabulary

noun a place where waste is dumped or buried

verb to get rid of or abandon someone or something

• The workers dug a ditch along the side of the road for drainage purposes.
• I saw a rabbit hop into the ditch by the park.
• Let's ditch this party and go grab some pizza instead.
• It's time to ditch the old habits and start fresh with a new routine.

noun a colorless, transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid that forms the seas, lakes, rivers, and rain and is the basis of the fluids of living organisms

• The water from the river is used for irrigation purposes.
• Hey, can you pass me a bottle of water?
• I'm feeling thirsty, I need some H2O.
• Her words were like water, soothing and comforting.

noun The process by which water is transferred from the land to the atmosphere through evaporation from the soil and transpiration from plants.

• Evapotranspiration is the process by which water is transferred from the land to the atmosphere by evaporation from the soil and other surfaces and by transpiration from plants.
• Evapotranspiration is like plants sweating to cool themselves down.
• Evapotranspiration is nature's way of staying hydrated.
• Evapotranspiration is like the earth exhaling moisture into the air.