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    Qanat (redirect from Karez well system)
    East and North Africa (MENA), but the system operates under a variety of regional names: qanat or kārīz in Iran, karez in Afghanistan and Pakistan, foggara...
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    vertical tunnel system adapted by the Uyghur people. The word karez means "well" in the local Uyghur language. Turpan has the Turpan Karez Paradise museum...
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    The karez is a vertical tunnel system connecting wells developed by the Turpan people to irrigate their arid land. The word karez means "well" (karez, Uyghur:...
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    the most unusual features of Bidar is the historic water supply system, called karez, (also known as qanat), which is a water harnessing technology that...
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    Bidar (section Karez System)
    Ancient Karez System in the city have been recently discovered. The Karez (Qanat) is an underground network of aqueducts for water supply. The Bidar Karez, built...
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    ranges, in particular from the annual melting of the snow. The Karez System consists of wells, underground channels, ground canals, and small reservoirs,...
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    in Jerusalem reconsidered. Revue biblique 107: 5-17. Roger D. Hansen, "Karez (Qanats) of Turpan, China", Water History; Qanats, Water History Schiller...
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  • agricultural water is accomplished through the Karez System. Karez is a local system in which a large number of wells are interconnected to collect and share...
    8 KB (885 words) - 14:17, 22 October 2023
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    Operation Karez was a military operation between May 13–23, 2008 involving Norwegian and German ISAF and Afghan government forces against the Taliban...
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    Irrigation (redirect from Irrigation system)
    found in Asia, the Middle East and North Africa. The system comprises a network of vertical wells and gently sloping tunnels driven into the sides of cliffs...
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    long tradition of growing grape and other fruits, using the karez underground irrigation system. It is famous for growing the seedless white grape, the manaizi...
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    cultivate opium poppy." With Afghanistan's limited irrigation, in which qanats (karez) still play a big role, transportation and other agricultural infrastructure...
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    "Survey of Infiltration Karez in Northern Iraq: History and Current Status of Underground Aqueducts". "Qanat Stream of Wells". "Book awards: Middle East...
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  • irrigation). The system is combined with the tapping of groundwater from the aquifer by means of dug underground galleries, called karez or qanat (Fig....
    22 KB (3,327 words) - 06:54, 19 June 2021
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    tubewell irrigation projects was at the expense of the traditional qanat or karez users groundwater-related subsidence of the land due to mining of groundwater...
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    Nationality at the Foot of Leigong Mountain in Miao Ling Mountains (2008) Karez Wells (2008) Expansion Project of Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties:...
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    under heavy machine gun and RPG fire from Taliban fighters during Operation Karez in Badghis Province. The attack left 13 Taliban fighters dead and an unknown...
    103 KB (8,325 words) - 23:32, 18 July 2024
  • Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 May 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012. Karez System Cultural Landscape, UNESCO, accessed 10 July 2021. 6000 साल पहले गड्ढा...
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  • laundry. Ritual ablutions are performed by the men in the canal. There is no karez. The tertiary canal which serves this community is 6–7 km long. Cleaning...
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    Khewra Salt Mine – the second largest and oldest salt mine in the world Karez System – in Balochistan Ziarat Juniper Forest – a juniper forest in Ziarat,...
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