Gerry McGovern on Nostr: "The channel, known as an acequia—derived from the Arabic as-saqiya, meaning ...
"The channel, known as an acequia—derived from the Arabic as-saqiya, meaning “water conduit” or “water bearer”—is part of a vast 1,800-mile irrigation network built throughout the Sierra Nevada between the eighth and 10th centuries by the Moors in what was then Al-Andalus."
“Sowing water” in this mountainous region has been crucial for people, crops, and biodiversity for more than a millennium.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/acequia-spain-irrigationPublished at
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