Definitions

1. Noun:
   • A low embankment or dike surrounding a large, low-lying rice field area: A structure built to retain water within a specific, extensive paddy field zone for irrigation purposes.
   • A perimeter dike for a rice field compartment: A boundary levee that demarcates and contains a section of irrigated farmland, typically in a delta region.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Công nhân đang tu sửa bờ vùng trước mùa lũ. (Workers are repairing the perimeter dike before the flood season.)
  • Hệ thống bờ vùng giúp điều tiết nước cho hàng trăm hecta lúa. (The system of field compartment dikes helps regulate water for hundreds of hectares of rice.)

Advanced Usage

• Technical/Agricultural Context: The term is primarily used in agricultural and water management contexts, specifically related to wet-rice cultivation in regions like the Mekong Delta or Red River Delta in Vietnam.
  • Quy hoạch lại bờ vùng là yếu tố then chốt để cải tạo đồng ruộng. (Re-planning the field compartment dikes is a key factor in farmland improvement.)

Variants and Related Words

• Đê (n): A large-scale dike or levee, typically built along rivers or coasts for flood defense. (A bờ vùng is generally smaller and for field water management, while đê is for major flood control.)
• Bờ thửa (n): A smaller ridge or bund separating individual farmer's plots within a bờ vùng compartment.
• Multifield dam / Perimeter dike: Common English technical translations.

Synonyms

• Field boundary dike
• Rice field compartment levee

Related Phrases/Idioms

• Giữ vững bờ vùng: To maintain the perimeter dikes firmly. Often used metaphorically to mean "to hold the line" or "to maintain a defensive position."
  • Nông dân phải giữ vững bờ vùng để bảo vệ mùa màng. (Farmers must hold the dike line firm to protect the harvest.)

1. Multifield dam