Karez System is the People use barrel to take out underground irrigation system water from the Karez System A karez reduces evaporation,avoids getting polluted and needs no other power equipment;it runs from high to low ground owing to gravity alone.Turban is the hottest place in China and the arid climate makes water all the more precious.A karez system helps to ideally solve this problem. Karez systems also functions as the natural air conditioner for the locals because they can sit in one while chatting or doing some chores.When exhausted during the scorching weather,sit in a karez,pick some grapes as they han over the vertical wells and savour their taste.you wl be thoroughly eshed! The Karez System in the Turpan is an irrigation system of wells connected by channels.At its peak,the karez system exceeded 5, ndatreferedtheunderound Great Watl ancient major irrigation projects with the other two being Ling Canal and Dujiangyan Irrigation System.Karez system is the crystallization of ancient people's diligence and intelligence. Karez system is the life source of Turpan.In a sense,without the karez,there would beno Turpan culture.Kareze system has b een found in Iran,the Sahara etc.,but the ones in Turpan are the most complete.Currently there are stillove 400 systems with the longest is 20 to 30 kilometers while the shortest is only 30 meters. The history of the Karez system According to records,the history of the karez in Xinjiang dates back to 103 B.C. Originally ancient towns used to depend on the streams and rivers nearby into which glaciers in far-off mountains used to feed.As the etme passed gradually shrank over the centuries,the streams they fed likewise diminished resulting in less water flowing downwards. Then people ingeniously created the Karez system to draw the underground water to irrigate the farmland.Wells begin at the base of the mountains along the contours of the hillside.To keep the underground channels unclogged,two men and a draught animal work as a team one man is lowered down to clear th tunnel and buckets of mud are hoisted to the surface by the animal.The tunnels slope less than the contours of the geographical depression,so that the water reaches close to ground level.The water in Karez will not evaporate in large quantities. What to exploreKarez System is the underground irrigation system People use barrel to take out water from the Karez System A karez reduces evaporation, avoids getting polluted and needs no other power equipment; it runs from high to low ground owing to gravity alone. Turban is the hottest place in China and the arid climate makes water all the more precious. A karez system helps to ideally solve this problem. Karez systems also functions as the natural air conditioner for the locals because they can sit in one while chatting or doing some chores. When exhausted during the scorching weather, sit in a karez, pick some grapes as they hang over the vertical wells and savour their taste, you will be thoroughly refreshed! The Karez System in the Turpan is an irrigation system of wells connected by channels. At its peak, the karez system exceeded 5,000 kilometers (3,106 miles) and was also referred to as "the underground Great Wall." It is among the three ancient major irrigation projects with the other two being Ling Canal and Dujiangyan Irrigation System. Karez system is the crystallization of ancient people's diligence and intelligence. Karez system is the life source of Turpan. In a sense, without the karez, there would be no Turpan culture. Kareze system has been found in Iran, the Sahara, etc., but the ones in Turpan are the most complete. Currently there are still over 400 systems with the longest is 20 to 30 kilometers while the shortest is only 30 meters. The history of the Karez system According to records, the history of the karez in Xinjiang dates back to 103 B.C.. Originally ancient towns used to depend on the streams and rivers nearby into which glaciers in far-off mountains used to feed. As the time passed the glaciers gradually shrank over the centuries, the streams they fed likewise diminished, resulting in less water flowing downwards. Then people ingeniously created the Karez system to draw the underground water to irrigate the farmland. Wells begin at the base of the mountains along the contours of the hillside. To keep the underground channels unclogged, two men and a draught animal work as a team - one man is lowered down to clear the tunnel and buckets of mud are hoisted to the surface by the animal. The tunnels slope less than the contours of the geographical depression, so that the water reaches close to ground level. The water in Karez will not evaporate in large quantities. What to explore