💧EP053 GUEST EPISDODE (7/8) Qanāts: Harvesting Water on the Edge of the Desert

Sep 4, 2024

In this episode we discuss what is perhaps the most famous and distinctive invention of Middle Eastern and North African hydraulic engineering is the qanāt (also known as foggaras, khettāras, and aflāj): an underground tunnel dug horizontally into a hillside to harvest water from the water table.

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