The foggara: a traditional irrigation system in the Algerian Sahara
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Hello to you all... "Foggara" is a traditional irrigation system found in many areas of the Algerian Sahara. The lives of Saharan inhabitants have always been linked to the availability of water, as water is the reason for life in arid regions, where water is scarce. They discovered the foggara, an irrigation method that supplies them with water.
Hello to you all.....
"The foggara" is a traditional irrigation system found in many areas of the Algerian Sahara.
The lives of Saharan inhabitants were linked to the availability of water, as it was the reason for life existing in areas where water was scarce. They discovered foggara, a method of irrigation that provides them with water for drinking and for watering their date palms and other crops, known as intercropping, widely practiced in palm groves across Algeria's oases, which form their main source of livelihood.
It is a technology for extracting groundwater and channeling it to the surface through horizontal tunnels beneath the Earth's surface, taking advantage of natural topographic depressions, suitable hydrological conditions, and skilled local labor.
Their history in the Sahara dates back to the 12th century AD.
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Source: National Tourism Office of Algeria — Facebook · Reference source