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Purpose: literature review to determine further development paths of irrigation technology on sloping areas. 

Discussion. The main important problems: water deficit for irrigation, area irrigation, water delivery to the slope, water filtration and its delivery to the end user are considered. At the same time, the problems associated with moisture deficit and irrigation on the slope were tried to be solved in different ways both in different eras of antiquity and later. Another important issue is water filtration and purification from impurities. In different eras of antiquity, various methods and techniques were used to purify water, as well as remove unpleasant odors (for stagnant water). The various methods and techniques of water purification considered were used later to solve the above-mentioned problem; filtration methods in ancient times were the basis for the development of modern water purification methods.

Conclusions. Based on the analysis of literary sources concerning various methods and technologies of irrigation on sloping areas, it was determined that the most effective method is subsurface irrigation. However, for its implementation it is necessary to provide access to high-quality water, and in the case of growing agricultural crops on a slope – water delivery to its top and its uniform subsurface distribution over the entire slope. The analysis of sources showed how water was purified in different eras and what technologies are used for this at present. 

For quoting

Lebedev A. S. Irrigation under the conditions of rough terrain in the context of time. Ways of Increasing the Efficiency of Irrigated Agriculture. 2025;95(1):225–247. (In Russ.).

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