-
variety of
regional names:
qanat or kārīz in Iran,
foggara in Algeria,
khettara in Morocco,
falaj in Oman and the
United Arab Emirates,
karez in Afghanistan...
-
large houses, the
Almoravids built an
original hydraulic system called khettara. It is an
underground drainage tunnel that
brings water from the groundwater...
-
system draws from both
surface waters and
subterranean waters. A
series of
khettaras (a type of
underground canal)
draws subterranean waters from the phreatic...
- its
water supply by
creating the
underground water system known as the
khettara. In 1125, the
preacher Ibn
Tumart settled in Tin Mal in the
mountains to...
- of
their fertility may
derive from
irrigation systems called foggaras,
khettaras, lkhttarts, or a
variety of
other regional names. In some
oases systems...
- ISBN 9783447020022. El Faiz, Mohammed; Ruf,
Thierry (2010). "An
Introduction to the
Khettara in Morocco: Two
Contrasting Cases".
Water and
Sustainability in Arid Regions:...
- in a more arid environment, was
supplied in
large part by a
system of
khettaras, an
ingenious and
complex system by
which an
underground channel was dug...
- (ဘုရားကိုးဆူ, lit. "Nine Deities") – This was a
devotional rite
performed by
Khettara Brahmins. The
deities referenced were
either Buddhist:
Buddha and the 8...
- by Arab warriors, it was
created during the
Almoravid period,
using a
khettara network. The
ancient tale (more than 1000
years old)
refers to this garden...
- of Arid Environments, 33(3), 321-336. Lightfoot, D. R. (1996).
Moroccan khettara:
traditional irrigation and
progressive desiccation. Geoforum, 27(2), 261-273...
