Seraph062 t1_j60i4cd wrote
Reply to comment by Blueshirt38 in TIL the reason that farmers flood rice fields isn't to water the plants, as you might expect. It's done to keep away pests and weeds, and to protect against uneven rainfall. by Ninja_In_Shaddows
"Uneven rainfall" in these areas often means too much water. The protection can be things like using controlled flooding of the fields instead of letting them flood in an uncontrolled way, or by using the fields as a storage area to dump 'excess' water into as protection for other areas.
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