Classification of Groundwater Suitability for Irrigation in the Ulagalla Tank Cascade Landscape by GIS and the Analytic Hierarchy Process
The tank cascade system (TCS) has been used for over 2000 years for water management in Sri Lanka. Since surface water is limited in the dry zone of Sri Lanka, agricultural production, especially of upland crops, relies on groundwater for irrigation. We sampled 29 wells in the Ulagalla cascade, a pr...
Main Authors: | M.K.N. Kumari, Kazuhito Sakai, Sho Kimura, Kozue Yuge, M.H.J.P. Gunarathna |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2019-07-01
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Series: | Agronomy |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/9/7/351 |
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