| 释义 |
‖ sailab|ˈsaɪlɑːb|
Also sailaba.
[Hindi, Punjabi sailāb(ā) flood, torrent f. Pers. sail flowing + āb water.]
A method of cultivation used in the Indus basin in Pakistan and northern India in which the land is irrigated by flood-water from the rivers.
1916J. Douie Panjab, N.W. Frontier Province & Kashmir xiv. 142 ‘Unirrigated’ embraces cultivation dependent on rain (bárání) or on flooding or percolation from rivers (sailáb). 1960Indus Basin Devel. Fund Agreement 30 in Parl. Papers 1961 (Cmnd. 1527) XXXVII. 501 Pakistan may also withdraw such waters from each of the following Tributaries..for irrigation of that part of the following areas cultivated on sailab. 1962Times 2 June 11/6 The annual migration follows a restricted round which includes short halts for cultivation by the sailaba method. Rough earthen bunds are built in the wadis to form a trap for the soil wash from the occasional flash floods and the sorghum and millet seeds are sown in these small patches of saturated soil. 1973N. D. Gulhati Indus Waters Treaty iii. 43 The total area in the Indus basin, along different rivers, cultivated annually after inundation or sailab, was about 2·17 million acres... This cultivation was referred to as sailab. |
