Sentences with phrase «ancient irrigation system»

Obviously, without the hard work of maintaining the bricks including the ancient irrigation system, the top soil would have washed down the hillsides into the rivers.

The crops are watered by an ancient irrigation system from the rainforests above the terraces.

Using satellite imaging and drone reconnaissance, archaeologists from Washington University in St. Louis have discovered an ancient irrigation system that allowed a farming community in arid northwestern China to raise livestock and cultivate crops in one of the world's driest desert climates.

An ancient irrigation system along the Tian Shan mountains of China allowed the cultivation of crops in one of the world's driest climates.

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The ancient subak system of irrigation of the rice fields and the cultural landscape of Bali has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

This ancient valley is a wonderful insight into the traditional Balinese cooperative irrigation system [named subak].