Central pivot irrigation system (IMAGE)

Virginia Tech

Central pivot irrigation system

Caption

A central pivot irrigation system using groundwater from the High Plains (Ogallala) aquifer in southwest Kansas. This aquifer has been heavily pumped for decades, producing large water-level declines that threaten its viability as a continuing resource for irrigated agriculture.

Credit

James J. Butler for Virginia Tech

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License

Public Domain

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