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Turpan >> Karez Water System

Attraction Typ: Historic Site
Location: City Centre - Central
Recommend: 5 Star

Karez Water System

Karez Water System is a very delicate irrigation systems made up of vertical wells, underground canals, above-ground canals and small reservoirs. It is the life source of Turpan dated back to 103 BC.

(Chinese: 吐鲁番坎儿井；pinyin: tǔlǔfānkǎnérjǐn): Karez Water System is the life source of Turpan dated back to 103 BC. It is a very delicate irrigation systems generally consists of vertical wells, underground canals, above-ground canals and small reservoirs. A horizontal series of vertically dug wells are linked by underground water canals to collect the melting snow water from the base of the Tian Shan Mountains to the small reservoirs, where the water is held in the ground canals for irrigation. Today there are over 1100 karez wells and channels having a total length of over 5,000 kilometres (3,106 miles) and it is also called 'the underground Great Wall'.
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