The man-made rivers and streams are part of an irrigation project called the Gezira scheme, which the British started in the colonial era to grow cotton for export back to Europe.

人造河流是杰济拉灌溉工程的一部分，为了在这里种植棉花出口到欧洲，殖民地时期的英国人首先发起了这项工程。

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Farmers who until the 1970s spent half their working day on the back-breaking labour of lifting irrigation water now use diesel pumps, plough with tractors and thresh their wheat by machine.

直到20世纪70年代，埃及农民还得花半天时间干挑水灌溉这些繁重的劳动。 如今，农民灌溉用柴油泵，犁地用拖拉机，小麦脱粒用机器。

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Nasal irrigation is particularly useful for treating drainage down the back of the throat, sneezing, nasal dryness, and congestion.

鼻腔冲洗是有用的，特别是用于治疗排水下来后面的喉咙，打喷嚏，鼻腔干燥，和拥塞。

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Yet expansion is back on Jain Irrigation's agenda.

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After the Shafers hauled their soil back uphill, the first irrigation system they installed exploded.

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Dams for irrigation, meanwhile, have a doubly damaging impact on fisheries: they not only hold back water, but also encourage the conversion of forest to farmland in the flood-plain.

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