Qanat

Iran / Khorasan / Gonabad /
 irrigation, qanat/kārīz
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A qanat (from Arabic: قناة‎) or kareez (from Persian: كاريز) is a water management system used to provide a reliable supply of water to human settlements or for irrigation in hot, arid and semi-arid climates. The technology is known to have developed in ancient Persia, and then spread to other cultures, especially after the Muslim conquests, to the Iberian peninsula, southern Italy and North Africa.
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Coordinates:   34°1'38"N   58°41'26"E
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