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The karez water system is made up of a network of interconnected wells. Karez gallery near Turpan, Xinjiang, China. Turpan's karez water system is made up of a horizontal series of vertically dug wells that are then linked by underground water canals to collect water from the watershed surface runoff from the base of the Tian Shan Mountains and the nearby Flaming Mountains.
The entrance to the museum of Turpan Karez Paradise An underground corridor of a Turpan karez . Turpan Karez Paradise (Chinese: 吐魯番坎儿井乐园) is a museum featuring Turpan's karez water management system in Turpan, a city in the Turpan Depression, Xinjiang, China. The karez is a vertical tunnel system connecting wells developed by ...
Turpan has long been the centre of a fertile oasis (with water provided by the karez canal system) and an important trade centre. It was historically located along the Silk Road. [4] At that time, other kingdoms of the region included Korla and Yanqi. [5] [6]
The Karez System is therefore considered one of the three great ancient projects in China along with the Great Wall and the Grand Canal. Recently, development of groundwater through tubewells has led to a general fall in water tables, and many karez systems have failed. Farming in the Turpan Basin is particularly famous for its fruit.
World Bank lender dollars have brought clean water and electricity to remote villages. But many of the institutions’ most ambitious investments come with a steep cost. Mega-dams, power plants and gold mines financed with World Bank or IFC dollars have cost millions of people their homes, taken their land or damaged their livelihoods.
Turpan water system: 坎尔井地下水利工程; Kan'erjing dixia shuili gongcheng: Turpan: 6-1077 Red Building of Tacheng: 塔城红楼; Tacheng honglou: Tacheng: 6-1078 Former center of political and cultural activities of the government of the Ili Rebellion
6. Bottled Water. While it might seem like a stretch to call the entire bottled water industry a scam … it kinda is. Most bottled water companies simply take municipal water and filter it for ...
Map of eastern Xinjiang with prehistoric sites and the courses of the Folke Bergman, 1939. Kashgar (or Kashi) (Major City) Liqian; Aksu; Kucha; Korla; Loulan; Karasahr (Yanqi) Turpan (Turfan) Jiaohe Ruins; Turpan Water Museum; Gaochang. the Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves; Chang'an; Kumul/Hami; Ürümqi