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What are these holes? I thought wells, but this one has no tracks radiating from it. No, don't think it's a well.

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Its a Qanat. ( or Karezes )

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 ancient Persia, and then spread to other cultures, especially along the Silk Road as far east as China

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qanat

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Edited by danescombe (09/16/07 03:24 PM)

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