Karez • كارێز

Published: 2018 February 07Modified: 2021 March 12, 04:10:09More details

Karez are an ancient system to transport water from foothill aquifers to dry plains via underground tunnels with vertical access chutes. There are hundreds across Kurdistan, in states of disrepair.

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http://www.unesco.org/new/en/iraq-office/about-this-office/single-view/news/restoring_the_ancient_kahrez_system_in_iraqi_kurdistan-1/#.Vfw09p2qqko

http://www.mei.edu/content/qanats-and-water-cooperation-sustainable-future

http://www.unesco.org/new/en/iraq-office/natural-sciences/water-sciences/karez-rehabilitation/

http://www.unesco.org/new/en/iraq-office/about-this-office/single-view/news/unesco_completes_karez_restoration_in_northern_iraq/#.Vfwxq52qqko

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/inpictures/2013/03/2013324132924632229.html