Shushtar UNESCO site, Iran

3000 year old water wheels which have irrigated the desert, ground wheat, crushed olives and provided domestic water to the town. The water comes in underground in created qanats (canals) from the distant mountains.

Yves Saulnier, Petar Bojić, Adler55 Blume, Jean-luc Drouin and 36 other people have particularly liked this photo

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Ecobird ^club

An excellent capture and a lovely well composed shot. Lovely light and the water is so clear and blue. Have a lovely evening Diana

6 years ago.

Leo W ^club

very impressive

6 years ago.

GrahamH ^club

Thanks for posting this! I first read about the qanats in the late 60s in Scientific American by researcher/s who had done years on these. Surely one of the wonders of the ancient world. Here is a National Geographic article.
news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/05/iran-qanat-irrigation-engineering-history-video

6 years ago.

Diana Australis ^club has replied

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Thank you very much, Graham for the link. They are amazing.....and still they water huge areas of Iran, including the abundant street trees in Tehran and other cities by means of these qanats

6 years ago.

Diane Putnam ^club

A simply amazing place, Diana! Where are the wheels located? The qanat systems of the middle east and central Asia are remarkable.

6 years ago.

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