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The norias of Hama on the Orontes River in Syria ().. A noria (Arabic: ناعورة, nā‘ūra, plural نواعير nawāʿīr, from Syriac: ܢܥܘܪܐ, nā‘orā, lit. "growler") is a hydropowered scoop wheel used to lift water into a small aqueduct, either for the purpose of irrigation or to supply water to cities and villages.
Samman, Mahmod (2006) Noria al-Muhammadiya: Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark. American Society of Mechanical Engineers. This 11-page English language booklet, full text available on the internet, summarises key facts about the Hama norias, drawing on the book by Delpech et al.
Noria Muelwa Luvhimbi was born on May 10, 1938, in Shigalo (Xigalo) village, Limpopo Province (then the Transvaal Province). [1] She was the third child born in her family with two older sisters. [2] In 1955, she married Jim Mabasa. In 1965 Luvhimbi separated from Mabasa after she fell ill with a mysterious illness.
A noria is a machine for lifting water into a small aqueduct. Noria may also refer to: Asher Noria (born 1992), Indian sport shooter; Noria Mabasa (born 1938), South African artist; Noria Manouchi (born 1991), Swedish politician
View of the noria from the city side: the horseshoe arch on the left is all that remains of the former aqueduct which brought water from the wheel to the palace. The exact history and origins of the Noria of Albolafia are not clear, [5] although it is known that norias of this kind were a common feature of hydraulic technology across much of the historic Islamic world, including Al-Andalus.
The term noria is commonly used for devices which use the power of moving water to turn the wheel instead. [14] Other types of similar devices are grouped under the name of chain pumps . A noria in contrast uses the water power obtained from the flow of a river.
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The municipality of Noria de Ángeles is located at an elevation between 2,000 and 2,500 metres (6,600–8,200 ft) on the Mexican Plateau in southeastern Zacatecas. It borders the Zacatecan municipalities of Villa Hidalgo to the east, Pinos to the southeast, Loreto to the south, Luis Moya to the west, Ojocaliente to the northwest, and Villa González Ortega to the north. [4]