🇲🇦 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.
🇳🇴 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.
🇮🇱 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 · Ancient city
Dholavira
Mature Harappan 2650–2100 BCE (with Early/Late phases 3500–1800 BCE) · Indus Valley / Harappan
Harappan metropolis (2650–2100 BCE) on Khadir island in Great Rann of Kutch, the fifth largest Harappan site covering 100 ha with citadel, middle and lower towns and monumental water management.
🇮🇳 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.
🇮🇳 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.
🇺🇸 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.
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Hydraulic works
Ayn Zubaydah West Branch Aqueduct (Makkah West Zubaydah Canal)
Abbasid Early Islamic 801–842 CE (Makkah Hajj hydraulic) · Abbasid Makkah Hajj oasis (Zubaydah patron)
Zubaydah west branch 4.2 km ashlar 0.9×0.7 m vaulted 12 m with 14 siphons: Abbasid 801/842 west distributary 0.6‰ to Wadi Fatima.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Hydraulic works
Khettara of Hagoun High Atlas (High Atlas Hagoun Qanat)
Almoravid to Almohad 1080–1170 CE High Atlas mountain · High Atlas Berber Hagoun (Almoravid mountain oasis)
High mountain khettara 1.8 km 38 shafts to 22 m deep: Almoravid 1080 snowmelt schist 6 L/s to walnut terraces 8 ha 2200 m.
🇵🇸 Palestine · Hydraulic works
Jericho–Wadi Qelt Herodian Aqueduct System (Judean Desert, Palestine)
Hasmonean to Herodian–Early Roman (100 BCE–70 CE) · Hasmonean / Herodian Judean (Hellenistic–Roman desert court)
20-km Wadi Qelt cliff aqueducts (c.20 BCE) cascading 400 m to irrigate Herod's Jericho oasis palaces and balsam plantations.
🇮🇱 Israel · Hydraulic works
Gihon Spring and Warren's Shaft (City of David water system, Jerusalem)
Middle Bronze II to Iron Age IIA–B (1800–580 BCE) · Canaanite (Middle Bronze) → Jebusite / Israelite–Judite
Jerusalem's 1800 BCE–701 BCE fortified perennial spring and karst shaft — 1,500-year water-security evolution.
🇮🇷 Iran · Hydraulic works
Qanat-e Zarch – Longest Qanat in Iran
Achaemenid to present (2,500 years continuous) · Persian qanat engineers (Achaemenid, Sassanian, Safavid)
71-km Zarch qanat—longest gravity aquifer tunnel on Earth (500 BCE–Safavid).
🇨🇳 China · Hydraulic works
Dujiangyan East Secondary Canal (Yuzui East Feeder Canal, Sichuan)
Qin 256 BCE to Han 100 BCE to Qing 1884 (Dujiangyan east feeder) · Qin–Han Shu (Sichuan) state hydraulic
East feeder canal 5.2 km ×12×2.2 m stone revet 1.2 m with bottleneck sluice 8 m: Qin 256 BCE/Han 100 BCE eastern Chengdu 820 ha.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Hydraulic works
Anabata (Anabeta) Reservoir Old City (Wadi Abu al-Qittayn Cistern City)
Hellenistic to Byzantine 250 BCE–450 CE · Hellenistic Balqa then Roman Decapolis chora
Walled twin cisterns 22×12×6 m 2,800 m³ with 420-m channel + 18 m dam closing gully — Hellenistic cistern-city 580×320 m.
🇨🇳 China · Hydraulic works
Zhengguo South Distributary Canal (Zheng Guo South Branch, Jingyang South)
Warring States Qin 246 BCE to Han 120 BCE (Zhengguo south) · Qin state Wei–Jing plain with Korean Zheng Guo engineer
South distributary 18 km ×14×2.6 m hangtu levees 3 m with 6 dragon-tail weirs 42 m and fish-scale carp gates 1.2 m: Zheng 246 BCE spy-branch.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Hydraulic works
Crinan Canal
The Crinan Canal is a nine-mile-long (14 km) navigable canal in Argyll and Bute, west of Scotland.
🇾🇪 Yemen · Hydraulic works
Marib North Sluice & Northern Oasis Canal (Sadd Ma'rib al-Shamali)
Sabaean to Himyarite (8th c BCE–6th c CE) · Sabaean / Himyarite
North sluice of Great Dam of Ma'rib (750 BCE–575 CE) — 23-m cut-stone control feeding northern oasis.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Choqepukio
Early Intermediate – Late Horizon (c.200 BCE–1532 CE, Wari peak 600–1000 CE) · Wari – Qotakalli – Inca
Choqepukio occupies the flat valley floor at the Huacarpay lagunas gateway to the Cusco Basin, 21 km southeast of Cusco.
🇬🇷 Greece · Hydraulic works
Perachora Peninsula Hydraulic Aqueduct (Lechaion to Heraion)
Archaic to Hellenistic · Corinthian Greek
Perachora peninsula (45 m, 38°01′48″N 22°57′00″E 38.03,22.95) Classical to Hellenistic gravity aqueduct (5.2 km) tapping Penteskouphia springs behind Acrocorinth to supply Heraion of Perachora…
🇾🇪 Yemen · Hydraulic works
Sadd al-Arim Pylon 3 — Southern Spillway South Pylon (Marib Sadd al-Arim Pylon 3)
Sabaean (700 BCE–580 CE) pylons phased · Sabaean
Third limestone pylon (7.2 m high, 4.5 m wide) of Sadd al-Arim south sluice at Marib Dam (1,085 m), 80 m south of Pylon 1 (main dam axis).
🇧🇩 Bangladesh · Ancient city
Bhitargarh Fortified City
Gupta to Pala–Sena (450–1200 CE) · Gupta to Pala–Sena (Varendra)
Largest Bangladeshi walled city—120 ha, 4 concentric ramparts (6 km outer), 5th–12th c Gupta–Pala–Sena.