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Archaeology of a Rural Qanāt: Water Management and Social Relations in 17th Century Isfahān, Iran
Sustainability, 2023 This study investigates the water management structures and social relations that centred around a specific qanāt line in a rural setting in Iran during the Safavid period, specifically in the mid-17th c. CE.
Fabian Sarga
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Lead Content in Two Vegetable Species Collected from Several Local Markets [PDF]
Engineering and Technology Journal, 2014 This study was designed to assess lead content in soil and two vegetable species collected from several sites in Baghdad. The results showed that Swiss chard had lead content varied from 0.930 ± 0.23 µg/g to 1.988 ± 0.42 µg/g and these data were higher ...
S.A.K. Al-Hiyaly, J.A. Al-Tamimi
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The prioritization of volunteering revival measures of the Qanat
Water supply : the review journal of the International Water Supply Association, 2023 The Fariman-Torbat Jam Plain has been under high pressure due to the imbalance of groundwater caused by excessive water extraction. Current conditions necessitate the preservation of appropriate extraction methods.
Nazanin Yousefian +3 more
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Archaeometry, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The recent discovery of a water draining structure known as the Antiquaille galleries in Fourvière hill, in the center of Lyon, France (ancient Lugdunum), sheds light on the water drainage system built by the former inhabitants of this area for their water needs.
E. Pons‐Branchu +7 more
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Water availability and land‐use shape the diversity of Odonata in the Middle East
Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.Odonata diversity in the Middle East depends on the availability of long‐lasting waters, emphasizing the importance of preserving stable aquatic habitats for biodiversity conservation under climate change‐driven droughts. Agricultural expansion is associated with increased Odonata species richness, but overall trait diversity remains limited ...
Zohreh Eslami Barzoki, Jonathan Chase
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Collaboration Between Nature and Humans in the Desert
Blue Papers, 2022 The qanat system exploits groundwater aquifers in arid and semi-arid regions with the help of local water facilities and infrastructure. The system originated in Iran’s central plateau and then spread widely around the world, from the Middle East and ...
Massoud Ghaderian
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Qanats-Understanding World Water Resources [PDF]
, 2016 Globally, water recourses are scarce in semi-arid to arid environments, specifically the Middle East. In order to provide civilizations with access to water, the construction of a qanat system has been critiqued.
Bowman, Abbie
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Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, Volume 130, Issue 9, September 2025.Abstract Ongoing depletion of Iran's groundwater, driven by human extraction, has contributed to 106 incidences of basin‐scale, land‐surface subsidence covering 31,400 km2 (> ${ >} $10 mm/yr, 1.9%) of the country. We use Sentinel‐1 Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar time series to map and analyze, for the first time, surface velocities within ...
Jessica A. Payne +7 more
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Optimization of conditions the precipitate elimination from the water supply pipelines (case study: Esfezar village in Southern Khorasan province) [PDF]
آب و فاضلاب, 2016 This Study explores the influence of CaCO3 sedimentation in the Qanat system of Esfezar area in Southern Khorasan Province. Experiments were conducted to evaluate the decrease in transient water hardness in the drinking water supply network in the areas ...
hamid Kardan Moghaddam +3 more
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European Journal of Taxonomy, 2023 A new fossil ceratopogonid genus and species from Lower Cretaceous Lebanese amber, Baskintoconops maaloufi Pielowska-Ceranowska gen. et sp. nov., is described and illustrated.
Agata Pielowska-Ceranowska +2 more
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