The Ord Irrigation Area Important Bird Area is an area of land used for irrigated agriculture along the Ord River in the vicinity of the town of Kununurra...
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for the Ord River Scheme. The Ord River Irrigation Area (ORIA), which was originally known as the Ord River Irrigation Scheme (ORIS) or Ord River Project...
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of Ord, village in Highland, Scotland Ord, Skye, a place near Tarskavaig Ord River, Western Australia Ord Irrigation Area Important Bird Area Ord River...
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Kununurra, Western Australia (redirect from Ord River Project)
conserved by the Ord River Diversion dam and the main Ord River Dam. The tropical agriculture crops grown in the Ord River Irrigation Area (ORIA) have changed...
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Lake Argyle (redirect from Ord River Dam)
freshwater man-made reservoir by volume. The reservoir is part of the Ord River Irrigation Scheme and is located near the East Kimberley town of Kununurra....
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Lake Kununurra (redirect from Ord Diversion Dam)
part of the Ord Irrigation Area Important Bird Area (IBA), so identified by BirdLife International because of its importance for wild birds, especially...
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South Saskatchewan River (category Important Bird Areas of Alberta)
the aforementioned birds, the habitat is also important for several animals, including the mule deer, pronghone antelope, Ord's kangaroo rat, pygmy...
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remaining in California. This area has been recognized as a Ramsar Wetland of International Importance, an Audubon Important Bird Area, and as a Western Hemisphere...
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the Ord River Irrigation Area near Kununurra. Irrigation was also trialled in the West Kimberley by way of the now defunct Camballin Irrigation Scheme...
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https://gaftp.epa.gov/EPADataCommons/ORD/Ecoregions/tx/tx_front.pdf; https://gaftp.epa.gov/EPADataCommons/ORD/Ecoregions/tx/tx_back.pdf. Accessed 2024-03-25...
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have more emergent vegetation. These ponds provide important brood water for resident aquatic birds such as mallards, common moorhens and pied-billed grebes...
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Blanca Wetlands (redirect from Blanca Wildlife Habitat Area)
water for irrigation. Starting in 1965 the Bureau of Land Management began to restore them, and they have become an increasingly important ecological...
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Environment of Australia (section Protected areas)
Ord River, restricted elsewhere due to violent floods and the insurmountable poverty of the generally shallow soils. The black swan is the state bird...
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Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge (category Protected areas of the Colorado Desert)
flooded from water supplied by the Imperial Irrigation District. This water is termed “class 1” irrigation water, which is free of fertilizers, toxic pesticides...
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Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve (redirect from Great Sand Dunes National Monument and Wilderness Area)
the subalpine forest and alpine tundra is an important refuge during storms for some mammals and birds who primarily live in the tundra. Bristlecone...
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California (category Protected areas of California articles without parameters)
were diverted for agricultural irrigation and municipal water uses. About 45 percent of the state's total surface area is covered by forests, and California's...
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Lakes Argyle and Kununurra Ramsar Site (category Ord River)
diversion dam on the Ord River was completed in 1963 as the first stage of the Ord River Irrigation Scheme. It flooded the Ord valley upstream towards...
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are important stops and destinations for millions of migrating birds along the Pacific Flyway corridor. One, the Butte Sink Wildlife Management Area, has...
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in the area. The northern end of the range is more arid; hence, the Yaqui River, which drains that area, is an important source of irrigation in the state...
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Southwest Australia (category Endemic Bird Areas)
[citation needed] Southwest Australia is an Endemic Bird Area, with several endemic species of birds including the long-billed black cockatoo (Zanda baudinii)...
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of area, covering most of the southwest portion. Beginning in approximately AD 600, the Hohokam began to develop an extensive series of irrigation canals;...
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Oral hygiene (section Oral irrigation)
subgingival irrigation to enhance periodontal health". Compendium. 9 (4): 327–9, 332–4, 336–8. PMID 3073855. Ciancio S (1988). "Oral Irrigation: A Current...
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to be relict populations. Wildlife of the area includes large numbers of lizards, ants, and honeyeater birds (especially of the Lichenostomus and Meliphaga...
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Merced National Wildlife Refuge (category Protected areas of Merced County, California)
over 500 acres (2.0 km2) of irrigated pasture for wildlife. Not only do these managed agricultural areas provide important sources of nutrition (carbohydrates)...
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Postel, Sandra (1999). "Egypt's Nile Valley Basin Irrigation". Pillar of Sand: Can the Irrigation Miracle Last?. W.W. Norton & Company. ISBN 978-0393319378...
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Archived from the original on 18 February 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022. Ord T (2020). The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity. New...
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routes). This is probably "artistic licence" on the part of Ord-Browne. Portions of the Joyce Ord-Browne decorations The Southern hemisphere, with route from...
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the area. Smaller mammals found around the hot springs include Belding's ground squirrels, golden-mantled ground squirrels, least chipmunks, and Ord's kangaroo...
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John Day Fossil Beds National Monument (category Protected areas of Wheeler County, Oregon)
described many important new species, compiled authoritative faunal lists for the first time, and published exceptional manuscripts on the area." Cretaceous...
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List of national monuments of the United States (category Lists of protected areas of the United States)
National Park Service. November 1, 2011. Retrieved November 1, 2011. "Fort Ord National Monument". Bureau of Land Management. February 27, 2017. Retrieved...
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