The Foggara: A Traditional System Of Irrigation In Arid Regions

Boualem Remini; Bachir Achour; Rabah Kechad

doi:10.2478/gse-2014-0011

GeoScience Engineering (Jul 2014)

The Foggara: A Traditional System Of Irrigation In Arid Regions

Boualem Remini,
Bachir Achour,
Rabah Kechad

Affiliations

Boualem Remini: Department of Water Sciences and Environment, Faculty of Engineering, Blida University, Blida 9000, Algeria
Bachir Achour: Department of Hydraulic, Larhyss laboratory, Biskra University, Biskra, 7000, Algeria
Rabah Kechad: Department of Economics, Faculty of Engineering, Blida University, Blida, 9000, Algeria

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/gse-2014-0011
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 60, no. 2
pp. 30 – 37

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This article discusses the traditional irrigation system in the oases of Touat, Gourara and Tidikelt. Since centuries, farmers use the system of foggaras for irrigation of palm groves and gardens.

Published in GeoScience Engineering

ISSN: 1802-5420 (Online)
Publisher: VSB-Technical University of Ostrava
Country of publisher: Czechia
LCC subjects: Science: Geology
Website: http://geoscience.cz/ojs/index.php/GSE/index

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