| 1 | The fields are crisscrossed by irrigation canals and ditches. | |
| 2 | Thesoldiers and the police crouched in irrigation ditches and behind walls. | |
| 3 | I loved that job the way a dog loves a carcass in a ditch. | |
| 4 | There is no sewer system in the area and all the wastes flow down the ditches. | |
| 5 | A raised bank or path, such as one along a canal. |