qanat

qanat
An underground conduit, between vertical shafts, that leads water from the interior of a hill to villages in the valley

Shafts are dug to the required level along the planned route of the qanat<! no italics , every 300 m or so, and the construction of the [...]


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  • qanat — /kä nätˈ/ noun An underground tunnel for carrying irrigation water ORIGIN: Ar qanāt pipe * * * qanat var. kanat …   Useful english dictionary

  • qanat — [kä nät′] n. an ancient system of deep underground tunnels and wells built in the Middle East to channel water from a mountain to a dry lower region * * * ▪ water supply system also spelled  kanat  (Arabic), Persian  karez , Berber Arabic… …   Universalium

  • qanat — ● qanat nom masculin invariable (mot persan) En Iran, galerie souterraine destinée à exploiter les eaux d infiltration pour l irrigation. (Cette technique est désignée sous le nom de foggara au Sahara.) …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Qanat —   [k , arabisch], Bewässerungssystem, Kanat …   Universal-Lexikon

  • qanat — [kä nät′] n. an ancient system of deep underground tunnels and wells built in the Middle East to channel water from a mountain to a dry lower region …   English World dictionary

  • Qanat — A qanat (from ar. قناة) or kareez (from fa. 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… …   Wikipedia

  • Qanat — El qanat es una estructura, utilizada en zonas áridas, que aprovecha el agua subterránea de las colinas para irrigar el llano colindante. Contenido 1 Descripción 2 Historia 3 Nombres 4 Véase también …   Wikipedia Español

  • Qanat — Alignement des puits de visite de khettaras près de Arfoud, Maroc Un qanat (en persan : کاریز kâriz) est un système d irrigation souterrain permettant de récolter les eaux d infiltration. Il est aussi appelé foggara dans les régions du… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Qanat — Austritt eines Qanats Verteilungsgitter eines Qanats Ein Qanat, ( …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Qanat Saudabajew — (2009) Qanat Bekmyrsauly Saudabajew (kasachisch Қанат Бекмырзаұлы Саудабаев; * 1946 im Gebiet Almaty) war von September 2009 bis April 2011 Außenminister der Republik Kasachstan. Inhaltsverzeichnis …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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