Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act or process of becoming water-logged; specifically, in irrigation, the saturation of the soil by an excess of water, generally accompanied by an excess of so-called alkali or earthy salts.

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Examples

  • In Zambia three thousand people are affected in Mazabuka District and 2,200 people were affected in Sinazongwe District It is also reported that there is severe damage to maize and cash crops due to water-logging and washing away of plants.

    Floods displaces 200and kills three people 2008

  • Matibiri said - as was the case with other crops - most of the tobacco had been affected by water-logging.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2008

  • According to BenedictoTembo, a senior journalist in Zambia, 3,000 people are affected in Mazabuka District and 2,200 people were affected in Sinazongwe District It is also reported that there is severe damage to maize and cash crops due to water-logging and washing away of plants.

    Global warming -more of a human rights issue in Africa 2008

  • The holding capacity of wetlands helps control floods and prevents water-logging of crops.

    Wetland 2008

  • Tobacco farmers in Zimbabwe have managed to plant 90 percent of the targeted 60,000 hectares for the 2007/2008 season in the face of heavy water-logging, the state-controlled Herald reported on Thursday.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2008

  • In addition, the seasonal fluctuations in water levels and ranges in tolerance of different plants and plant communities to water-logging result in a complex, constantly changing mosaic of edaphic grasslands interspersed with permanent swamp vegetation as well as grassland and thicket communities found only on better-drained substrates.

    Zambezian flooded grasslands 2008

  • Say for example, if a canal has been encroached by the culprits and Wasa or other agencies want to take over the canal, dig it and free the people of the cities from water-logging, they cannot do it.

    Bangladesh needs stronger environmental policy 2007

  • Say for example, if a canal has been encroached by the culprits and Wasa or other agencies want to take over the canal, dig it and free the people of the cities from water-logging, they cannot do it.

    Bangladesh needs stronger environmental policy 2007

  • Rains, pot-holes, traffic-jams, road widening and construction, water-logging has made driving on the roads of Pune, a challenge a euphemism, use your own harsh word here.

    Archive 2004-08-01 Chirayu 2004

  • Rains, pot-holes, traffic-jams, road widening and construction, water-logging has made driving on the roads of Pune, a challenge a euphemism, use your own harsh word here.

    Footsteps on Clouds Chirayu 2004

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