LAND IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE (IN YUGOSLAVIA)
LAND IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE (IN YUGOSLAVIA)

Summary/Abstract: Yugoslavia’s annual rainfall varies considerably in different parts of the country — from 18.5 inches (central Macedonia) to over 157 inches (Crkvice) — and in summer insolation and temperatures are both high. Due to the unfavorable distribution of rainfall, particularly because of insufficient rain in the period of vegetation, especially from June to September, almost all crop lands in Yugoslavia (with the exception of Slovenia) suffer from lack of moisture for agricultural production and are often affected by drought. On the other hand, excessive quantities of surface and underground waters in the potentially most fertile flat lands also have an adverse effect on air-water relationships and hinder intensive production.

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