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Shadoof in Estonia. A shadoof or shaduf [1] is an irrigation tool that is used to lift water from a water source onto land or into another waterway or basin. It is highly efficient, and has been known since 3000 BCE. [citation needed] The mechanism of a shadoof comprises a long counterbalanced pole on a pivot, with a bucket attached to the end ...
The Harrat near Jawa in eastern Jordan. The Ḥarrat al-Shām (Arabic: حَرَّة ٱلشَّام), [1] [nb 1] also known as the Harrat al-Harra, Harrat al-Shaba, [2] Syro-Jordanian Harrah, [3] and sometimes the Black Desert in English, [4] is a region of rocky, basaltic desert stretching from southern Syria starting at the Hauran region all the way down to the northern Arabian Peninsula. [3]
Levering methods are considered to be the most tenable solution to complement ramping methods, partially due to Herodotus's description; and partially to the shadoof, a lever-enabled irrigation device first depicted in Egypt during the New Kingdom and found concomitantly with the Old Kingdom in Mesopotamia. In Lehner's point of view, levers ...
A desert is a landscape where little precipitation occurs and, consequently, living conditions create unique biomes and ecosystems. The lack of vegetation exposes the ...
Arena told BI that Uruguay is a hot spot for art and culture. "There are many museums and galleries to choose from throughout the Punta del Este, Montevideo, and Colonia del Sacramento regions in ...
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Originally probably, 10,000-9,000 years ago, it was a green area, tropical jungle, full of trees and water, when the Sahara desert was covered with vegetation and lakes. [ 1 ] Merzouga was an uninhabited oasis , but later became a transit point for merchants heading to Timbuktu .
(CNN) — Striking images from the Sahara Desert show large lakes etched into rolling sand dunes after one of the most arid, barren places in the world was hit with its first floods in decades ...