qanat
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Etymology [edit]
From Persian, from Arabic قنات (qanāt).
Noun [edit]
qanat (plural qanats)
- An underground conduit, between vertical shafts, that leads water from the interior of a hill to villages in the valley
- 1981: Richard Edward Chapman, Geology and Water: An Introduction to Fluid Mechanics for Geologists, page 112.
- Shafts are dug to the required level along the planned route of the qanat, every 300 m or so, and the construction of the [...]
- 1988: Keith Stanley McLachlan, The Neglected Garden: The Politics and Ecology of Agriculture in Iran
- Elsewhere over large areas of the plateau and the foothill regions, the qanat irrigation cultures were weakened considerably. Water supplies diminished [...]
- 1981: Richard Edward Chapman, Geology and Water: An Introduction to Fluid Mechanics for Geologists, page 112.
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References [edit]
- For a schematic of a qanat, refer to Geology and Water: An Introduction to Fluid Mechanics for Geologists, by Richard Edward Chapman, 1981, page 112.
