Anyone know why these fields are planted in circles?
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Anonymous
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Center-pivot irrigation (sometimes called central pivot irrigation), also called circle irrigation, is a method of crop irrigation in which equipment rotates around a pivot and crops are watered with sprinklers.A circular area centered on the pivot is irrigated, often creating a circular pattern in crops when viewed from above.
Thanks for the explanation, Anonymous! I thought it might have to do with irrigation. I just couldn't remember seeing circular fields like that, though I'm not often in the air over America's farmland.
3 comments:
Center-pivot irrigation (sometimes called central pivot irrigation), also called circle irrigation, is a method of crop irrigation in which equipment rotates around a pivot and crops are watered with sprinklers.A circular area centered on the pivot is irrigated, often creating a circular pattern in crops when viewed from above.
Anonymous, Thanks for the explanation.
Thanks for the explanation, Anonymous! I thought it might have to do with irrigation. I just couldn't remember seeing circular fields like that, though I'm not often in the air over America's farmland.
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