COMPONENTS OF AN IRRIGATION SYSTEM

1. Diversion Works
2. Main Canal and Laterals
3. Canal Structures
4. Operation and Maintenance Roads
5. Main and Supplementary Farm Ditches
6. Main Drainage Canal and Farm Drains
 2 TYPES OF IRRIGATION CANALS

1. Contour Canal
This type of canal has flat bed fall, more or less along falling
contour, crossing several natural drainages on its way and
service area on one side, thus forming one boundary of
the service area.

2. Ridge Canal
This type of canal runs along the ridge, its bed fall guided by
the slope of the ridge and limited by the maximum permissible
velocities for the material.