Meaning & use
qanat
A gently sloping underground tunnel that carries water from an underground source to fields or settlements.
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Ancient qanats still supply irrigation water to villages in the dry plains of central Iran.
Engineers dug the qanat by hand, sinking a series of vertical shafts along its length.
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Qanats were developed to move groundwater across arid regions without powered pumps, relying entirely on gravity from a higher water source.
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