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The Persian Desert (2015)
- gherkinnn 7y agoBeautiful. It’s fascinating to see how a people turned a region that seems so inhospitable (to a European) in to a very liveable place. Windcatchers [0] and “Freezers” [1] are beautiful examples of that. Persian desert towns are a special place. And much of their ancient irrigation still stands today. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windcatcher https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windcatcher [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakhchāl https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakhchāl
- findyoucef 7y agoCheck out the pentapolis of Mzab in Algeria.
- tomohawk 7y agoWhile beautiful, it is growing. The IRGC (Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps) was given control of doing large infrastructure projects and they have built some 600 dams since 1979. This is causing an ecological disaster. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/democracy-post/wp/2017/05/16/forget-the-politics-iran-has-bigger-problems/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/democracy-post/wp/2017/0...
- Ericson2314 7y agoI hope I live to see most dams destroyed as we'll have other power sources and desalination.
- Alkhwarizmi 7y agoDo you have any other sources on this matter besides wapo?!
- celias 7y agoA Persian friend told me about the historical use of underground tunnels to transport water from the mountains for irrigation - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qanat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qanat
- Alkhwarizmi 7y agoMind you this system of irrigation and water systems predates the romans! This was an insane engineering and creative solution to a necessity.