Leaching of salts through irrigation

Name(s): 
Salt accession by freshwaters
Saline pollution of inland waters from irrigation schemes
Nature 
Leaching is the loss of soluble salts from the soil by the action of percolating water. When irrigation water is applied to soil and the leaching rate enhanced, excessive quantities of salt may be transported into other parts of the soil, the groundwater or as saline runoff into streams.
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Type 
(E) Emanations of other problems