Open AccessIRRIGATION AND LAND-RECLAMATION HISTORY OF UZBEKISTAN (As an example of the 50-80s of XX century)
Author(s) -
Oybek Kamilovich Komilov,
Khabibullo Kuchkarov
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
epra international journal of research and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2455-7838
DOI - 10.36713/epra3988
Subject(s) - land reclamation , irrigation , water resource management , drainage , irrigation statistics , government (linguistics) , geography , irrigation management , environmental science , archaeology , deficit irrigation , agronomy , ecology , linguistics , philosophy , biology
Based on solid scientific literature and archival sources, the article comprehensively reveals the history of irrigation and land reclamation in 1950-1980 in Uzbekistan to further expand irrigation networks in order to plant a monoculture of cotton in the republic, as well as its consequences.KEY WORDS: irrigation, irrigation canal, pumping station, siphon, collector, drainage, Soviet government, centre, cotton monopoly.