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Irrigation Heritage: Qanats and Old Systems
Beneath the sun-baked fields of Tajikistan lie the traces of another geography—one built not of asphalt and canals, but of tunnels, shafts, and whispers of flowing water. These are the qanats, or karez, ancient irrigation systems that once sustained oases and villages long before Soviet concrete channels drew straight lines across the land. In places
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Soils of the Zeravshan Valley
The Zeravshan Valley winds westward from the icy spurs of the Pamir-Alay toward the plains of Sughd, its river slicing through layers of loess, marl, and glacial debris. To most travelers it looks like a simple thread of green cutting through ochre hills, but beneath that surface lies one of Central Asia’s most intricate soil
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