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This Lesson Note on GEOGRAPHY Covers The Following Topics:
- IRRIGATION (I)
- LUMBERING
- BUSH FALLOWING
- FRUIT FARMING IN MEDITERRANEAN REGION
- MINERAL EXPLOITATION IN AFRICA (PETROLEUM, GOLD AND COPPER)
- MAJOR HYDROELECTRIC POWER PROJECTS AFRICA
- INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC COOPERATION OF WEST AFRICA
Sample note
Topic: Irrigation
Content
- Definition of Irrigation
- Reasons for irrigation
- Factors affecting irrigation
- Areas covered by irrigation
- Importance of irrigation
- Similarities between the Nile and Niger Irrigation practices
Definition of Irrigation Agriculture
Irrigation agriculture is the type of agriculture which involves the artificial application of water to soil or land for farming purposes. Irrigation is mainly practiced in areas where there is insufficient rainfall which makes the use of water from river Nile and in Mali, northern Nigeria (Niger basin)
Reasons for Irrigation
- Rainfall is low and unreliable
- High rate of evaporation creates water deficit in the soil
- Some areas where irrigation takes place are dry and arid
Factors affecting irrigation in agriculture
- Presence of rivers like River Nile in Egypt and Sudan and Niger in west Africa
- Presence of fertile alluvial soil (or plains)
- Incidence of low rainfall or unreliable rainfall
- The need of agriculture for raw materials
- The need o control flooding
Importance of irrigation
- It makes the farmers to be less dependent on rainfall
- Irrigation makes early planting possible
- It increases yield of crops
- Irrigation enables farmers to cultivate one crop twice or thrice on the same piece of land in a year
Areas covered by irrigation
(a) In the Nile Basin are:
(i) The Nile Delta (ii) The Nile Valley
(iii) The Geriza plain (iv) The lake shores
(v) Aswan (Egypt) (vi) Kenena (Sudan)
(b) In the Niger Basin
(i) Inland Niger Delta (ii) Th Niger Valley
(iii) The Lake shores
Similarities between the Nile and Niger irrigation Practices
- Both Nile and Niger irrigation practices depends on large dams
- Both practice perennial irrigation
- Both use canals to channel water to the farm
- Manual method is used in both areas
- Both have small and large farms
ASSESSMENT
- Define Irrigation
- What are some of the reasons for irrigation?
- List 5 factors affecting irrigation in agriculture.
- List 4 importance of irrigation
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