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Qanat Defined
An irrigation system formed by tunneling into a hillside to find a water-bearing formation, and then channeling the water out of the hill to the surface for use in irrigation. Much of the water used in the plateau regions of Iran, for example, is brought into use in this way.
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- Kariz (Qanat) in Iran: Kariz (Qanat) is an ancient water provision technology that can be described as the greatest contribution made by Iranians to hydraulics. This system must have been started at least 5000 years ago in Iran.
- Qanat Trivia: This is how qanats were being built by Iranian peasants in the 1950's:
- Qanat: Qanat: type of underground irrigation canal between an aquifer on the piedmont to a garden on an arid plain. The word is Arabic, but the system is best known from Iran.
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