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A watershed is the geographic area where all water running off the land drains to a common outlet. Watershed management activities can be considered at the state, river basin, individual watershed level or regional scale. For improving watershed protection and restoration, it is a prerequisite to know how agricultural systems influence soil and water resources.
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Ali, M. (2011). Land and Watershed Management. In: Practices of Irrigation & On-farm Water Management: Volume 2. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7637-6_6
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