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Ecological-reclamation state of rice irrigation systems harvest of cultivated crops determined by a number of factors, including natural (soil, topographical, hydrogeological, climatic factors) and technological (irrigation norm, designs and parameters of irrigation and drainage networks, etc.) factors. One of the main factors influencing the formation of rice yield which is traditionally grown by flooding technology is the efficiency of the rice irrigation system’s design. Construction features of irrigation fields and their parameters (distances between the drains, depth of the drainage network) affect the intensity of the processes of salinization of soils and groundwater. Analysis of the components of salt balances of rice fields with different parameters and designs on example of the Danube rice irrigation systems showed that fields with the distances between the drains from 200 to 250 m have significant advantages over Krasnodar-type fields with the same parameters and over fields with 500 m distance between the drains creating optimal salt regime for rice and, accordingly, obtaining higher yields of rice. As on the card-checks with drainage with the distances between the drains 500 m uniform desalinization of soils on all area cannot be reached and yield of rice on them is close to 20 c/ha such card-checks with drainage must be converted into card-checks with drainage with the distances between the drains 250 m.

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The work analyses climate resources that can potentially be used to develop solar power in Belarus efficiently. The authors determine space-time variability of radiation regime including such parameters as solar irradiance, atmosphere transparency, sunshine duration, cloud cover patterns, etc. The efficiency of solar power generators is assessed by taking into account the number of clear days with low cloud cover per year, sunshine duration per month, and solar irradiance of a horizontal surface in the daytime.

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