Ancient system nourishes parched land

The channels are supplied with water from the melted ice and snow on Xinjiang's Tianshan Mountains, while the underground structure of the wells stops water from evaporating. Conveying water from deep underground to the surface and traversing more than 5,000 kilometers within Xinjiang, the karez system is considered one of China's greatest antique man-made structures.

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