Category:Turpan karez system

**Turpan karez system**
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Instance of	protected area;
Location	Xinjiang, PRC
Heritage designation	Tentative World Heritage Site (Karez Wells, (i), (iv), (v), 2008–);
	42° 52′ 21.6″ N, 89° 23′ 51.57″ E
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ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche: كارىز
Deutsch: Bewässerungssystem von Turpan
Español: Karez — es el nombre usado en Asia Central para el sistema de riego también conocido como Qanat.

Estas fotos son de un museo dedicado al karez en Turfán, Región Autónoma de Xinjiang (China).

English: Karez — Asian name for the irrigation system known as Qanat in Iran.

A karez, of Chinese origin, is a horizontal underground gallery that conveys water from mountain runoff to basins in depressions below sea level. A series of horizontally placed wells are sunk into the alluvial flow. They are connected by underground canals which transport the water to farmland. The majority of the channel being underground reduces water loss from seepage and evaporation. A karez is fed entirely by gravity, eliminating pumps.

A site on the tentative list of World Heritage Sites in Pakistan is Karez System Cultural Landscape in the Balochistan desert.
A site on the tentative list of World Heritate Sites in China is Karez Wells in the Turpan area of Xinjiang.