Academic Article

Qanats in the Old World: Horizontal Wells in the New

Title
Qanats in the Old World: Horizontal Wells in the New
Creator(s)
Pearse, C. K.
Date
1973
Is Part Of
26
Pages
320 - 321
Language
eng
ISSN
0022-409X
Short Title
Qanats in the Old World
DOI
https://doi.org/10.2307/3896845
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https://www.zotero.org/groups/5293298/bidiar/items/ND8LXT4Iitem-list
Abstract
Horizontal wells make use of the principle of the qanat developed in Persia about 2,500 years ago and still widely used there and in other arid regions of the world. The driven horizontal well offers several important advantages over the hand dug qanat especially for livestock watering places.

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