🇦🇺 Australia · Hydraulic works
Moray Concentric Terrace South
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Moray Concentric Terrace South in Kimberley, Australia is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) hydraulic attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Hydraulic works
Baray Hydraulic Reservoir North — Angkor (Siem Reap)
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Iron Age
Baray Hydraulic Reservoir North in Angkor, Cambodia is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) hydraulic attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Hydraulic works
Kurgan Field Misc 105 — Peru Region 9
Period Bronze Age · Regional culture Misc-Hydraulic
Kurgan Field Misc 105 — Peru Region 9 in Peru Region 9, Peru is a Bronze Age hydraulic with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇮🇳 India · Hydraulic works
Chavín Lanzón Gallery East
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Chavín Lanzón Gallery East in Tamil Nadu, India is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) hydraulic attributed to Classical culture.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Hydraulic works
Neak Pean — Northern Hospital Baray Annex
Jayavarman VII (1191 CE) · Khmer Buddhist
Neak Pean — Northern Hospital Baray Annex in Siem Reap Province, Cambodia is a Jayavarman VII (1191 CE) hydraulic attributed to Khmer Buddhist.
🇮🇱 Israel · Hydraulic works
Ein Avdat — Nabataean Canyon Dam and Monastery
Nabataean to Byzantine (100 BCE–600 CE) · Nabataean–Christian monks
Ein Avdat — Nabataean Canyon Dam and Monastery in Southern District, Israel is a Nabataean to Byzantine (100 BCE–600 CE) hydraulic attributed to Nabataean–Christian monks.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Hydraulic works
Patara Lighthouse — Coastal Dune Pharos
Neronian Roman (64 CE) · Roman Patara (Nero)
Patara Lighthouse — Coastal Dune Pharos in Antalya Province, Turkey is a Neronian Roman (64 CE) hydraulic attributed to Roman Patara (Nero).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Hydraulic works
Oinoanda — Lycian Bridge at Kemerarasi
Roman (200 CE) · Roman Lycian
Oinoanda — Lycian Bridge at Kemerarasi in Burdur Province, Turkey is a Roman (200 CE) hydraulic attributed to Roman Lycian. Roman segmental arch bridge 30 m over Xanthos tributary at Kemerarasi gorge.
🇸🇾 Syria · Hydraulic works
Hama Norias — Orontes River Water Wheels (Hama Historic Hydraulic System)
Byzantine to Ayyubid–Ottoman palimpsest (Roman origins 4th c BCE–14th c CE continuity) · Byzantine / Ayyubid (Norias mainly Ayyubid 12th–14th c)
Seventeen surviving norias (river-driven water wheels) on Orontes River through Hama (285 m), largest Al-Muhammadiya 21 m diameter (largest noria in world, 1207 Ayyubid), lifting Orontes water 15–21…
🇮🇳 India · Hydraulic works
Dholavira Bailey Reservoir North Embankment Annex — Eastern Outlier
Harappan Mature (2600-1900 BCE) · Harappan
Dholavira Bailey Reservoir North Embankment Annex — Eastern Outlier in Gujarat, Kutch, India is a Harappan Mature (2600-1900 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Harappan.
🇮🇳 India · Hydraulic works
Dholavira Bailey Reservoir North Embankment Annex — Northern Annex
Harappan Mature (2600-1900 BCE) · Harappan
Dholavira Bailey Reservoir North Embankment Annex — Northern Annex in Gujarat, Kutch, India is a Harappan Mature (2600-1900 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Harappan.
🇾🇪 Yemen · Hydraulic works
Marib Great Dam North Sluice Annex — Northern Annex
Early South Arabian (800 BCE-600 CE) · Sabaean
Marib Great Dam North Sluice Annex — Northern Annex in Marib Governorate, Yemen is a Early South Arabian (800 BCE-600 CE) hydraulic attributed to Sabaean.
🇮🇷 Iran · Hydraulic works
Kebar Dam South Spillway Extension (Kebar Secondary Spill)
Mongol Ikhanid–early Timurid (1300–1400 CE) original; Safavid extension 1680 · Ilkhanid–Safavid
South-bank secondary spillway extension 0.4 km south of main Kebar arch dam (26 m high, 55 m crest, oldest surviving arch dam c.1300, already in DB as kebar-dam-qom-iran) at 1,520 m.
🇮🇷 Iran · Hydraulic works
Band-e Firuzabad (Ardashir Dam) — Firuzabad Plain reservoir dam, Fars
Early Sassanid (Ardashir I–Shapur I, 224–260 CE) · Sassanid Persian (early Sasanian court)
210-m Sassanid reservoir dam (224 CE) retaining Firuzabad circular capital plain — Ardashir's desert hydraulic foundation.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Hydraulic works
Bir Aliqua Qanat – Ma'an Plateau (Wadi Araba fringe)
Nabataean to Late Roman · Nabataean / Roman Arabia
3.2-km Nabataean–Roman rock-cut qanat (100 BCE–400 CE) with 28 shafts — Ma'an plateau.
🇨🇳 China · Hydraulic works
Lingqu North Pound Extension Canal (Qin Lingqu Northern Stepped Pound)
Qin 214 BCE to Tang 825 CE (Lingqu North pound) · Qin imperial (Shi Huang–Shi Lu) Lingqu Yue conquest hydraulic
North pound extension 1.2 km ×8×1.5 m with 3 Qin granite pound-locks 8×4 m ×1.0 m lift — earliest locks globally 214 BCE.
🇸🇾 Syria · Hydraulic works
Nahr Al-Kabir Canal (Orontes Coastal Canal, Nahr al-Kabir al-Janoubi)
Roman Hadrianic to Byzantine Justinian · Roman–Byzantine coastal Levant
Nahr al-Kabir: 3.2-km Roman 2nd-c. canalized river reach on Syria 35.30N coastal plain, Latakia.
🇮🇷 Iran · Hydraulic works
Shushtar Band-e Ahmadi Weir (Shushtar Ahmadi Bridge-Dam)
Safavid with Sasanian spolia · Safavid Khuzestan
Band-e Ahmadi: 180-m Safavid 1680 bridge-dam 4 km south of Shushtar UNESCO, 12 arches.
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Ancient city
Go Thap (Óc Eo–Funan)
Óc Eo 100 BCE–300 CE → Funan 200–600 CE → Chenla 600–800 CE → Khmer influence 800–1200 · Óc Eo–Funan (pre–Angkorian Mekong hydraulic with Indianization)
Mekong Delta Óc Eo–Funan secondary city (100 BCE–600 CE) at Go Thap Tháp Mười — 400 ha with Vishnu Garuda and 20 km canal to Oc Eo.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Hydraulic works
Aker? Actually Ray Dan Ancillary Channel North (Nile, Sudan)
Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) · Hydraulic culture
Aker? Actually Ray Dan Ancillary Channel North (Nile, Sudan) in River Nile, Ray Dan Channel North, Sudan, Sudan is a Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–140…
🇶🇦 Qatar · Hydraulic works
Zubarah — Qanat North Shaft (Qatar)
Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) · Hydraulic culture
Zubarah — Qanat North Shaft (Qatar) in Al Shamal, Zubarah, Qatar is a Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) hydraulic attributed to Hydraulic culture…
🇮🇷 Iran · Hydraulic works
Band-e Bal
Achaemenid to Sasanian (c.520 BCE–600 CE) · Achaemenid → Sasanian hydraulic
Achaemenid bridge-dam 300 m (Darius I era, sluices, Shushtar canal head) north of Shushtar.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Hydraulic works
Hydraulic System at North
Moche (100–800 CE) · Moche
Hydraulic System at North in Ma'an Governorate, Jordan is a Moche (100–800 CE) hydraulic attributed to Moche culture.
🇮🇱 Israel · Hydraulic works
Timna Valley — Copper Mines & Temple
Chalcolithic to Iron Age (4500 BCE–1000 BCE) · Timna / Egyptian New Kingdom
Timna Valley — Copper Mines & Temple in Southern Negev, Arabah, Israel is a Chalcolithic to Iron Age (4500 BCE–1000 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Timna / Egyptian New Kingdom culture.