Usually means: Underground tunnel system for water.
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▸ noun:  An underground conduit, between vertical shafts, that leads water from the interior of a hill to villages in the valley

Similar:
qanāt, kanat, karez, falaj, Qaidam, aflaj, jube, talab, qasab, makhtesh, more...

Opposite:
surface irrigation, flood irrigation

Types:
underground, surface, mixed, sloping, vertical, inclined, curved, more...

Adjectives:
new, persian, ancient, arabic, longest

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Similar:
qanāt, kanat, karez, falaj, Qaidam, aflaj, jube, talab, qasab, makhtesh, more...

Opposite:
surface irrigation, flood irrigation

Types:
underground, surface, mixed, sloping, vertical, inclined, curved, more...

Adjectives:
new, persian, ancient, arabic, longest



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