🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Hydraulic works
Sadd al-Khanaq Dam – Hijaz (Khaibar Oasis northern dam)
Late Pre-Islamic to Early Islamic · Nabataean–Himyarite to Umayyad
110-m two-phase dam (320 BCE–750 CE) on Wadi al-Khanaq — Khaibar oasis northern reservoir.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Hydraulic works
Texcotzingo
Late Postclassic Aztec (1400 – 1521 CE) · Acolhua (Texcoco)
Texcotzingo in State of Mexico, Mexico is a Late Postclassic Aztec (1400 – 1521 CE) hydraulic attributed to Acolhua (Texcoco) culture.
🇾🇪 Yemen · Hydraulic works
Sadd Ba'ta — Wadi Rada Gravity Dam (Yemeni Highlands)
Himyarite (400–580 CE) · Himyarite
Himyarite gravity dam (11 m high, 140 m crest) in Wadi Rada at Ba'ta (1,680 m) with downstream stepped spillway (7 steps, 1.2 m tread) and 1.6 km contour canal feeding Rada basin terraces.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Hydraulic works
Qasr el-Sagha — Ancillary Temple Basin North (Fayum, Egypt)
Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) · Hydraulic culture
Qasr el-Sagha — Ancillary Temple Basin North (Fayum, Egypt) in Fayum, Qasr el-Sagha, Egypt is a Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) hydraulic attri…
🇯🇴 Jordan · Archaeological wonder
Wadi Faynan (Feynan)
Chalcolithic – Roman (peaks: Chalcolithic, Iron Age–Roman Edom/Phaino) · Chalcolithic miners to Edomite–Nabataean–Roman (Phaino)
30-km copper valley (4500 BCE–400 CE) — mines, slag heaps and Roman Phaino mining town.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Hydraulic works
Mareotis — Qanat Ancillary Shaft North (Alexandria, Egypt)
Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) · Hydraulic culture
Mareotis — Qanat Ancillary Shaft North (Alexandria, Egypt) in Alexandria, Mareotis, Burg el-Arab, Egypt is a Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) hy…
🇴🇲 Oman · Hydraulic works
Aflaj Al Ain — Ancillary Falaj North (Oman/UAE Border)
Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) · Hydraulic culture
Aflaj Al Ain — Ancillary Falaj North (Oman/UAE Border) in Al Buraimi, Al Ain, Falaj, Oman is a Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) hydraulic attrib…
🇮🇷 Iran · Hydraulic works
Qanat-e Zarch — Ancillary Shaft North (Yazd, Iran)
Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) · Hydraulic culture
Qanat-e Zarch — Ancillary Shaft North (Yazd, Iran) in Yazd, Zarch, Iran is a Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) hydraulic attributed to Hydraulic …
🇲🇦 Morocco · Hydraulic works
Mine Harbor Aqueduct
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Mine Harbor Aqueduct in Souss-Massa, Morocco is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) hydraulic attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Hydraulic works
Hydraulic System at New Cist
Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) · Andean Formative
Hydraulic System at New Cist in Kairouan Governorate, Tunisia is a Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Andean Formative culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Hydraulic works
Bloede Dam
Bloede Dam was a hydroelectric dam on the Patapsco River in Maryland. Built in 1906, it was the first submerged hydroelectric plant—that is, the power plant was housed under the spillway.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Hydraulic works
Khorsabad–Sennacherib Canal — Khinis–Nineveh Aqueduct Canal System
Neo-Assyrian Sargonid (720 – 681 BCE) · Neo-Assyrian imperial under Sennacherib
Khorsabad 5 km arched head of Sennacherib's 55 km 690 BCE Khinis–Nineveh canal system.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Hydraulic works
Wadi Rum Nabataean Cisterns
Nabataean 2nd c. BCE–106 CE with Thamudic rock art use · Nabataean (Arab Petra sphere)
Wadi Rum (Iram) – Nabataean desert hydraulic landscape: free-standing dams (Abu Khashabah), rock-cut cisterns (bir, e.g., Lawrence spring cistern), channelized Jabal Rum seep capture and 300+…
🇮🇳 India · Hydraulic works
Hampi Aqueducts and Stepped Tanks
Vijayanagara 14th–16th c. · Vijayanagara Hindu
Hampi hydraulic – Vijayanagara capital's Tungabhadra canal system: 15 km Raya canal, aqueduct on pillars crossing 2-tier, Pushkarini stepped tanks (6.8m deep chlorite schist, geometric black basalt…
🇮🇷 Iran · Hydraulic works
Qanat of Gonabad
Achaemenid to Sassanian (~700 BCE – 300 CE) · Persian (Achaemenid, Sassanian)
Possibly the oldest and deepest qanat in Iran, the Qasabeh Qanat of Gonabad extends 33 km with a mother-well 300 m deep — the deepest vertical shaft ever hand-dug.
🇳🇴 Norway · Hydraulic works
Steppe Kite Desert Gate East — Finnmark (Alta)
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Local Neolithic
Steppe Kite Desert Gate East in Finnmark, Norway is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Hydraulic works
Jawa Early Bronze Age Dam Jordan
Early Bronze Age c.3200–3000 BCE (Late Chalcolithic-EBA) · Levantine EBA / Ghassulian network
Jawa (c.3200–3000 BCE) – Black Desert basalt town with 4m-high gravity masonry dam impounding Wadi Rajil (Jawa Reservoir), 8 km canal network and 3-pool system capturing 31,000 m³.
🇮🇱 Israel · Hydraulic works
Shivta — Pools and Cistern Extension
Nabataean to Byzantine (100 BCE–600 CE) · Nabataean–Byzantine desert agriculture
Shivta — Pools and Cistern Extension in Southern District, Israel is a Nabataean to Byzantine (100 BCE–600 CE) hydraulic attributed to Nabataean–Byzantine desert agriculture.
🇮🇳 India · Hydraulic works
Dholavira Eastern Reservoir Extension
Mature Harappan (2650–1450 BCE) · Harappan
Dholavira Eastern Reservoir Extension in Gujarat, India is a Mature Harappan (2650–1450 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Harappan.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Fortress
Ad Maiores
Roman to Byzantine (104 CE–7th c. CE) · Roman
Trajanic desert camp 130×80 m anchoring Fossatum Negrine segment.
🇮🇳 India · Hydraulic works
Dholavira — Eastern Reservoir Rock-Cut Complex
Harappan (2650–2000 BCE) · Harappan Dholavira
Kutch Dholavira excavated by Bisht 1989–, signboard 10 Indus signs and stadium 300 m.
🇱🇾 Libya · Hydraulic works
Cinyps Bridge (Wadi Ka'am)
Roman (Hadrianic, 2nd c. CE) · Roman (Tripolitania)
Three-arched Roman bridge (15 m spans) on Leptis coastal road.
🇺🇸 United States · Hydraulic works
Great Stone Dam
The Great Stone Dam, also called the Lawrence Dam or Lawrence Great Dam, was built between 1845 and 1848 on the site of Bodwell's Falls on the Merrimack River in what became Lawrence, Massachusetts.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Hydraulic works
Exeter Ship Canal
The Exeter Ship Canal, also known as the Exeter Canal, is a canal leading from (and beside) the River Exe to Exeter Quay in the city of Exeter, Devon, England.