Qanat is the generic term for an ancient environmentally sustainable water harvesting and conveyance technique believed to have originated in Persia in the early first millennium B.C. Qanat is the Arabic word for “channel”. Qanats are also called kārīz (or kārēz from Persian: كاريز) kahriz/kəhriz (Azerbaijan); khettara (Morocco); galleria (Spain); falaj (from Arabic: فلج) (United Arab Emirates and Oman); Kahn (Baloch) or foggara/fughara (North Africa). Alternative terms for qanats in Asia and North Africa are kakuriz, chin-avulz, and mayun. Common variants of qanat in English include kanat, khanat, kunut, kona, konait, ghanat, ghundat and in Britain canal.
Qanats in WIPO GREEN DB
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