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High Atlas khettara Morocco mountain

FAO · 2020

High Atlas Hagoun 31.28,7.75

Khettara of Hagoun High Atlas (High Atlas Hagoun Qanat)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2020Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Lingqu Canal Xingan Guangxi 25.60N 110.68E 214 BCE Qin

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UNESCO · 2014

Lingqu 214 BCE earliest contour canal

Lingqu North Pound Extension Canal (Qin Lingqu Northern Stepped Pound)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2014Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Dujiangyan Irrigation System Sichuan 30.99,103.62 UNESCO 1001

UNESCO · 2000

Yuzui 30.99,103.62 Chengdu plain Min River

Dujiangyan East Secondary Canal (Yuzui East Feeder Canal, Sichuan)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2000Open source

Websitemapcarta.com

Aktobe Map Locality Karaganda — Aktobe locality

Mapcarta · 2024

Kumsay Ridge Kurgans (Aktobe Kumsay Steppe Crests)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitemindat.org

Aktobe pegmatite deposit Ulan District — regional geology

Mindat · 2024

Aktobe Region geology analog

Kyzyl-Bulak South Kurgan (Aktobe Kyzyl-Bulak Red Spring Mound)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitealtynemel.kz

Altyn-Emel NP Tourist Routes Route 2 Besshatyr Mounds & Tanbaly Tas

Altyn-Emel NP · 2024

Route 2 Besshatyr Tanbaly Tas

Besshatyr Shylbyr Adjunct North Mound (Besshatyr–Shylbyr Gorge North Entrance)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Bir Aliqua qanat Maan Jordan — analog

Database · 2024

Bir Alikhan East Qanat (Maan East Desert Qanat)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Dolina Shilikti 44.15671,52.73447 Mangystau valley

Mapcarta · 2024

Dolina Shilikti geographic framing

Shilikty South Rock Overhang Kurgan (Shilikty Southern Granite Overhang Field)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Harbaqa Dam — Roman 2nd c steppe dam

UNESCO · 2024

Qasr al-Hayr East Canal Extension (Harbaqa Reservoir East Canal to Palmyra Steppe Palace)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Khettaras of Figuig Oasis Figuig khettara network

Database · 2024

Khettara of Tafilalt North (Sijilmassa Tafilalt North Khettara Channel)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Korgantas east kurgan Karaganda — analog

Database · 2024

Kyrgan triangulation Karaganda analog

Korgantas South Ridge Satellite Kurgan (Korgantas South Ridge Cluster)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Kumzhargan locality Aktobe — interfluve

Mapcarta · 2024

Kumzhargan Aktobe locality

Kumsay Ridge Kurgans (Aktobe Kumsay Steppe Crests)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Ozero Kurgan-Tuz Lake Aktobe — steppe hydrology

Mapcarta · 2024

Kurgan-Tuz lake Aktobe Aktobe hydrology

Kyzyl-Bulak South Kurgan (Aktobe Kyzyl-Bulak Red Spring Mound)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Qanat of Qasbeh Gonabad Khorasan — coordinates

Mapcarta · 2024

Qanat-e Gonabad South Gallery (Ghasemabad South Branch Qanat)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Qanat of Zarch west branch Yazd — hydraulic analog

Database · 2024

Qanat-e Zarch North Extension (Yazd Zarch Qanat Northern Arm)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Qasr Al-Hayr Al-Gharbi canal Palmyra steppe palace

Database · 2024

Gharbi analog west 34.82,38.12

Qasr al-Hayr East Canal Extension (Harbaqa Reservoir East Canal to Palmyra Steppe Palace)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Shilikti Map Aqmola 51.51974,69.66219 — Saka north

Mapcarta · 2024

Shilikty Central Terrace Kurgan (Shilikty Chilikty Middle Terrace Royal)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Shilikty Map Zhetysu 46.094,80.145 — southern Shilikty

Mapcarta · 2024

Shilikty Central Terrace Kurgan (Shilikty Chilikty Middle Terrace Royal)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitemapcarta.com

Shilikty Zhetysu 46.09428,80.14556

Mapcarta · 2024

Shilikty South Rock Overhang Kurgan (Shilikty Southern Granite Overhang Field)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteh2020-flow.eu

Taldy locality Karaganda 49.10692,75.86105

H2020 FLOW Kazakhstan cities · 2024

Taldy-2 Central Massif Annex Kurgan (Tasmola Taldy-2 Annex Centre)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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