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Back when the US first started fighting in Afghanistan, there was a news article about the Afghans fearing we would damage the "qanats" and badly hurt agriculture. I posted about it then, but I just saw an "engines" episode # 1250, which tells quite a lot about them. http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi1250.htm
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old hand
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old hand
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Very interesting constructions and term, Bill. Some of the pits and horizontal spring caves in the limestone regions of the southeastern states could be said to be natural qanats. If I find an unnamed cave that takes the classic form I'll put it on the survey as a "qanat.
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journeyman
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My, Dr. Bill, that's very interesting. Never heard of such a word. Thanks for the webpage. I was hoping to get into the 'speleogenisis' thing (at some point), and I guess this comes close (at least we're going under ground here). Fascinating....I have a poem about the 'aquaduct of the mind.....' that came out as I thought about those ancient waterways and the way it reminds me of following the currents of someone's thoughts. This takes a whole new direction, deep under the desert sands...
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