Some 3,000 years ago the Persians learned how to dig underground aqueducts that would bring mountain ground water to arid plains. Today the system provides 75 percent of the water used in Iran ...

WAM WAM Sharjah, Nov. 6th, 2007 (WAM) - "Al Qasba Tornado Fountain" will be the largest such project in the region Sharjah: A dazzling display of lights, colour and music will soon treat the senses of ...

“The tunnels in Abarkuh… were primarily built for water management, specifically for the qanat [underground canal] system,” Irina Tsukerman, a geopolitical analyst and the president of ...

“The Qajar dynasty was known for its large-scale infrastructure projects, including the construction of qanats, water reservoirs, and tunnels, many of which are still in use today. "While it’s ...

The official added that the exhibition underscores Iran's historical significance in water management, as evidenced by the invention of qanats and the construction of ancient dams over the past 2,000 ...

Shows populated places and individual buildings, roads, bridges, tracks, ditches, ruins, cemeteries and shrines, holding pens, Ab-e Istadeh-ye Moqor salt lake, Ustazeh Ghareh wetland, streams, qanats ...

Shows populated places and individual buildings, built-up areas, roads, tracks, Gardez old and new airfields both marked as unusable, hospital, schools, forts, cemeteries, shrines, the Gardez River, ...