This Ingenious System Brings Water to the Chinese Desert

The Karez is a modern-day engineering marvel and a prime example of a native people working with, not against, the forces of nature to deliver their needs - in this case, water.

[AR-mleo]

I was there and went into the Karez. They are incredible. Nice and cool (I was there in HOT August). Those grapes are so unbelievably sweet. No comparison to any others.

[akouafray]

The ancient people were really ingenious. Without machines, they produced what is marvelled the world over.

[precisiont]

This is probably the most amazing thing I've seen on YouTube. Imagine if we spent money on doing something like this instead of spending trillions of dollars on war.

[islamahmadzai]

i am an Afghan... we also have this system in my village... its called "Karez"

[ThePayola]

Karez is a Persian word for underground canal. This form of water distribution was first devised on the Iranian plateau and then spread to other parts of Asia and Africa.

[黃自傑]

No matter who invented the Kaner well, ancient Chinese dig many 20-70 m vertical well on the slope of the mountain just by two hands. That is an amazing achievement.

[babaganalawandalorima]

That's why I love the Chinese. Very hardworking, planners n ingenious ppl.

[macberry]

I like seeing ingenuity used to solve problems

[atlaspuma]

this system is old and known by the Persians and Moroccan, in morocco, it is used now in the mountain of atlas to irrigate the fields and garden of Marrakech, and I believe that it was used in Andalusia at the time of the Arabs in Spain

[nabeelahmedkhanofficial]

We have a Karez irrigation system in Pakistan too. Its an underground system of canals which actually dates back to the era of Indus river civilization.

[jorgevelasquez]

I remember when I was a child my entire family and every home of the village, depend from a well, my father used to go all the way down to the well and clean up, water was very clean and taste a little bit of clay, beautiful.

[atlaspuma]

in Morocco this system consists in transferring the water from the mountains underground in order to avoid evaporation and also it requires the maintenance its is called '' khattarat ''

[Dumb-Comment]

These were dug in the ancient times, incredible

[dyshrunksvideos]

In the Philippines we have our own natural rock water reservoir under the mountains. We just put bamboo on the side of the mountain where water leaks. Continues supply without experiencing droughts.

[krich]

I need more! it was just getting interesting.

[privatename]

China is working on being around another 4000 years

[MrBrixz]

We in Australia could really learn and innovate from this Chinese technology to combat our own water issues

[khalidh]

There are plenty of traditional canals like that in the desertic south of Morocco, they bring water from the Atlas Mountains to the desert they are called "khataras" nevertheless, this is a huge achievement.

[Rj-erbo]

How i wish the video was longer and more detailed.😶😣

[johnmorgan]

How can it be a "modern- day engineering marvel" and an "ancient irrigation system" at the same time ?