The Jordan River is the chief source of the incoming water, but since the 1960s much of its water has been diverted for irrigation.

约旦河是进水的主要来源，但自从60年代，大部分的水已被改用于灌溉。

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The Ogallala aquifer is a major source of drinking and irrigation water for America's central plains.

奥加拉拉蓄水层是美国中部平原饮用和灌溉用水的主要来源。

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San Francisco river length of 2900 kilometers, flowing through the arid northeast, is the region's main source of water for irrigation.

圣弗朗西斯科河系全长2900公里，流经干旱的东北部，是该地区主要的灌溉水源。

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The Ogallala aquifer is a major source of drinking and irrigation water for America's central plains.

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"Using these plants, we will be able to remove radioactive nuclides from the water and make it clean for irrigation purposes or even as a source of drinking water, " says Slavik Dushenkov of Phytotech.

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Purves is very concerned about the glaciers in the Himalayan mountains that are the main source of water for irrigation and drinking in China and India, well over 2 billion people.

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Of greatest concern initially, the Keystone XL pipeline was designed to run through Nebraska's Sandhills, which lie above the Ogallala Aquifer, the main source of drinking water and irrigation for millions of people.

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