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‖ karez|ˈkɑːrɛz|
Also kareze.
[Pers. (whence Pushtu) kārez.]
In Afghanistan and Baluchistan: = kanat.
1875Encycl. Brit. I. 232/1 The water of the kârez, or subterranean canals. 1880Ibid. XIII. 836/2 Irrigation by ‘karez’ is also largely resorted to. 1902[see kanat]. 1920Blackw. Mag. Feb. 246/2 Then I planned a kareze, a subterranean water-cut. 1924Glasgow Herald 29 May 9 The Persian husbandmen had even begun to repair and refit their wonderful ‘karezes’. 1969B. L. C. Johnson South Asia iv. 95/1 A karez system consists of a near horizontal tunnel driven from the level of the cultivable land near the centre of an intermontane basin to intersect the water-table in the gravelly detritus which constitutes the fans along the mountain foot... At the lower end of the tunnel emerges a small stream of water which is led to the fields. An important advantage of the karez is that the water travels most of its way underground, and so with the minimum risk of loss by evaporation. |