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Qanat cross section
Cross-section of a Qanat.

A qanat is a series of well-like holes and tunnels dug to reach a natural underground source of water, usually run-off from a mountain. They were (and are) used to provide water in the desert regions of the Middle East. The oldest qanats, found in the region once known as Persia (now known as Iran), are believed to be a couple of thousand years old.

Images for kids

  • Insideqanat

    A qanat tunnel near Isfahan

  • Alluvial fan in Iran

    Alluvial fan in southern Iran. Image from NASA's Terra satellite.

  • Yakhchal of Yazd province

    Yakhchāl of Kheshti in Yazd Province

  • Turpan-karez-museo-d02

    Karez gallery near Turpan, Xinjiang, China

  • Qanat Kashan

    This qanat surfacing in Fin is from a spring thought to be several thousand years old, called The Spring of Solomon ("Cheshmeh-ye Soleiman"). It is thought to have been feeding the Sialk area since antiquity.

  • Qanat Niavaran

    A kariz surfacing in Niavaran, Tehran. It is used for watering the grounds of The National Library of Iran.

  • Ancient water clock used in qanat of gonabad 2500 years ago

    Ancient Persian water clock

  • Water clock zibad

    Ancient Persian clock in Qanats of Gonabad Zibad

  • کاریز گناباد

    Kariz Gonabad Iran

  • Falaj at al ain

    The falaj irrigation system at Al Ain Oasis

  • Foggara 01

    Exit of a foggara in Libya

  • Foggara 02

    Water "metering" through a distribution weir on a foggara in Algeria

  • Palacio del marqués de Villafranca (Madrid) 02

    A preserved viaje de agua in Madrid

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Viaje de agua para niños

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