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Qanats of Gonabad

Date of Submission: 09/08/2007
Category: Cultural
Submitted by:
Iranian Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization
State, Province or Region:
Gonabad, Khorasan Province
Ref.: 5207
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Property names are listed in the language in which they have been submitted by the State Party.

The property contains of 427 water wells with a length of 33113 meters and has been constructed based on different sciences like physics, geology and hydraulics and made it possible for the inhabitants to live in such a dry land that it rains there scarcely.

Satements of authenticity and/or integrity

Discovered ceramic fragments, walls and bed precipitations.

Comparison with other similar properties

Qanats of Uroune , Moun , Chahak and Shirin.