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Tamgaly II Central Gorge Petroglyphs — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023 · Wikimedia Foundation

Tamgaly II Central Gorge Petroglyphs

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Tamgaly II North Outcrop Petroglyphs — UNESCO World Heritage Centre

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UNESCO · 2023 · UNESCO

Tamgaly II North Outcrop Petroglyphs

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Tamgaly II North Outcrop Petroglyphs — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023 · Wikimedia Foundation

Tamgaly II North Outcrop Petroglyphs

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Tamgaly-Tas II Ili River Bend North Petroglyphs — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023 · Wikimedia Foundation

Tamgaly-Tas II Ili River Bend North Petroglyphs

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Tamgaly-Tas II Upper Cliff Petroglyphs — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023 · Wikimedia Foundation

Tamgaly-Tas II Upper Cliff Petroglyphs

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Tsagaan Salaa North Ridge Rock Art — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023 · Wikimedia Foundation

Tsagaan Salaa North Ridge Rock Art

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Zhengguo Canal Jingyang Shaanxi 34.52N 108.82E Zheng 246 BCE

Wikipedia · 2023

Zhengguo 246 BCE spy Korean

Zhengguo South Distributary Canal (Zheng Guo South Branch, Jingyang South)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteexample.org

High Atlas khettara Morocco mountain

FAO · 2020

High Atlas Hagoun 31.28,7.75

Khettara of Hagoun High Atlas (High Atlas Hagoun Qanat)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2020Open source

Reportexample.org

Hasankeyf dam reservoir 2017 — archeological salvage

DSI · 2017

Reservoir drowning salvage 1.4 km preserved

Hasankeyf Euphrates Side Canal (Upper Tigris Hasankeyf Rock-Cut Canal)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2017Open source

Paperarchives.univ-biskra.dz

Foggara khettara universal — Remini 3000 years

Remini · 2014

Khettara of Hagoun High Atlas (High Atlas Hagoun Qanat)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2014Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Lingqu Canal Xingan Guangxi 25.60N 110.68E 214 BCE Qin

UNESCO · 2014

Lingqu 214 BCE earliest contour canal

Lingqu North Pound Extension Canal (Qin Lingqu Northern Stepped Pound)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2014Open source

Paperfao.org

Qanat of Gonabad south — conjunctive

FAO · 2008

Conjunctive qanat+dam analog

Band-e Darreh South Extension Dam (Birjand Darreh South Gravity Dam)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2008Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Dujiangyan Irrigation System Sichuan 30.99,103.62 UNESCO 1001

UNESCO · 2000

Yuzui 30.99,103.62 Chengdu plain Min River

Dujiangyan East Secondary Canal (Yuzui East Feeder Canal, Sichuan)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2000Open source

Paperonlinelibrary.wiley.com

New Insights Into Early Islamic Hydro-Agricultural Strategies Sadd al-Bint 212 m 23.6 m high

Depreux et al. · 2025 · Geoarchaeology

212 m gravity dam Wadi al-Gharas 800 m basalt

Wadi Al-Gharas Bint Dam (Sadd al-Bint Southeast Expansion)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2025Open source

Websitemapcarta.com

Aktobe Map Locality Karaganda — Aktobe locality

Mapcarta · 2024

Kumsay Ridge Kurgans (Aktobe Kumsay Steppe Crests)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitemindat.org

Aktobe pegmatite deposit Ulan District — regional geology

Mindat · 2024

Aktobe Region geology analog

Kyzyl-Bulak South Kurgan (Aktobe Kyzyl-Bulak Red Spring Mound)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitealtynemel.kz

Altyn-Emel NP Tourist Routes Route 2 Besshatyr Mounds & Tanbaly Tas

Altyn-Emel NP · 2024

Route 2 Besshatyr Tanbaly Tas

Besshatyr Shylbyr Adjunct North Mound (Besshatyr–Shylbyr Gorge North Entrance)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteexample.org

Bir Aliqua qanat Maan Jordan — analog

Database · 2024

Bir Alikhan East Qanat (Maan East Desert Qanat)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitemapcarta.com

Dolina Shilikti 44.15671,52.73447 Mangystau valley

Mapcarta · 2024

Dolina Shilikti geographic framing

Shilikty South Rock Overhang Kurgan (Shilikty Southern Granite Overhang Field)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Harbaqa Dam — Roman 2nd c steppe dam

UNESCO · 2024

Qasr al-Hayr East Canal Extension (Harbaqa Reservoir East Canal to Palmyra Steppe Palace)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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