1st Edition

Veins of the Desert A Review on Qanat / Falaj / Karez

264 Pages
by River Publishers

264 Pages
by River Publishers

250 Pages
by River Publishers

Qanat is a gently sloping subterranean canal, which taps a water-bearing zone at a higher elevation than cultivated lands. A qanat consist of a series of vertical shafts in sloping ground, interconnected at the bottom by a tunnel with a gradient flatter than that of the ground. From the air, this system looks like a line of anthills leading from the foothills across the desert to the greenery of... Read more
Veins of the Desert

Biography

Ali Asghar Semsar Yazdi, Majid Labbaf Khaneiki