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🇮🇷 Iran · Hydraulic works

Qanat of Zarch, Yazd

Achaemenid to present ~700 BCE–present · Persian (Median/Achaemenid onward)

71 km 2,115-shaft Zarch qanat - world's longest - still feeding Yazd after 3,000 years.

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🇮🇷 Iran · Hydraulic works

Qanat-e Zarch West Branch (Yazd Zarch Qanat Western Gallery)

Ilkhanid branch on Achaemenid–Sasanian trunk · Ilkhanid Yazd (branch) on Persian qanat tradition

Qanat-e Zarch west: 11.2-km Ilkhanid branch of world's longest 71-km Yazd qanat, UNESCO 1476.

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🇮🇷 Iran · Hydraulic works

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

Achaemenid core 500 BCE to Sasanian 450 CE (extension) to present · Yazdi Zarch piedmont oasis (Kavir piedmont)

North Zarch extension 8.2 km with 88 shafts mother 34 m, 6 badgir towers 18 L/s: Sasanian 450 CE graft onto 500 BCE core.