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qanat

underground canal in hot and dry areas, to draw drinking water and process water from higher regions
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qanat

Summary

qanat ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,666 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • qanat is a type of canal[2].
  • qanat is a type of water tunnel[3].
  • qanat is a type of irrigation system[4].
  • qanat is a type of cultural heritage[5].
  • qanat is used for water supply[6].
  • qanat is used for agricultural irrigation[7].
  • qanat's Commons category is recorded as Qanat[8].
  • qanat's said to be the same as is recorded as Q17462284[9].
  • qanat's country of origin is recorded as Iran[10].
  • qanat's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Persian developed underground aqueducts[11].
  • qanat's described by source is recorded as National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan[12].
  • qanat's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[13].
  • qanat's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'fa', 'text': 'قنات'}[14].
  • qanat's different from is recorded as leat[15].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include canal[2], water tunnel[3], irrigation system[4], and cultural heritage[5].

Use and Application

Recorded has use include water supply[6] and agricultural irrigation[7].

Why It Matters

qanat ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,666 views/month).[1] qanat has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] qanat is known by 82 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Related Entities

Iran

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has use → water supply, agricultural irrigation
    Subclass of → canal, water tunnel, irrigation system +1
    Subclass of → —
    Different from → leat
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007550895405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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