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Turpan Kariz underground water system

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Turpan Kariz underground water system
Turpan Kariz underground water system
Turpan Kariz underground water system
Turpan Kariz underground water system
Turpan Kariz underground water system
Turpan Kariz underground water system
Turpan Kariz underground water system
Turpan Kariz underground water system
Turpan Kariz underground water system
Turpan Kariz underground water system
Turpan Kariz underground water system
Turpan Kariz underground water system
Turpan Kariz underground water system
Turpan Kariz underground water system
Turpan Kariz underground water system
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About 30 minutes from Turpan, Turpan, China

The Turpan water system or Turfan water system in Turpan, located in the Turpan Depression, Xinjiang, China, is a vertical tunnel system adapted by the Turpan people. The word karez means well in the local Uyghur language. Turpan has the Turpan Water Museum dedicated to demonstrating its karez water system, as well as exhibiting other historical artifacts. Turpan's well system was crucial in Turpan's development as an important oasis stopover on the ancient Silk Road skirting the barren and hostile Taklamakan Desert. Turpan owes its prosperity to the water provided by its karez well system.
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