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🇮🇷 Iran · Hydraulic works

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

Achaemenid to present (520 BCE–ongoing) · Achaemenid Gonabad oasis (Khorasan piedmont)

South Gonabad gallery 4.1 km with 62 shafts 42 m mother well: Achaemenid 520 BCE saruj, 12 L/s to Ghasemabad saffron.