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20: 94:. The dam was just one part of the city's waterworks, which included irrigation canals watering expansive agricultural fields. The irrigation or "trunk" channels went to and throughout the city and agricultural areas. The channels were dug deeper and deeper to reduce the surface area exposed to the sun and lined with clay to avoid seepage. 101:. The destruction of the dam changed the course of the Oxus towards Sarygamysh Lake; it is believed that this contributed to the recession of the Aral Sea in the medieval period, although this is disputed. 404: 71:. While it stood, the wickerwork dam was located about a mile upstream from the town. The dam diverted the flow of the previously forked river entirely to the 86:. The dam had gates that controlled the flow of water, much like other dams of the same period throughout Central Asia, such as the one on the 97:
Destroying the dam washed away the city, the entire metropolitan area, and any surviving residents, which contributed to the overall
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The dam stood from about 985 to April 1221, when it was destroyed following the
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Historic cities of the Amu Darya watershed including Gurgānj (Urgench)
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Central Asian water-engineering project (~985–April 1221)
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Buildings and structures completed in the 10th century
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was a major water engineering project of medieval-era
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Index


Central Asia
Amu Darya
Konye-Urgench
Turkmenistan
Genghis Khan
Sarygamysh Lake
Siege of Gurganj
Mongol invasion of Khorasan
Aral Sea
al-Biruni
Yakut
Zarafshon river
Afrasiyab
death toll from the conquest period of the Mongol Empire
Oasis of Bukhara
Khwarazm
Rivers and Sustainable Development: Alternative Approaches and Their Implications
ISBN
978-0-19-007902-4


"The fluctuating Aral Sea: A multidisciplinary-based history of the last two thousand years"
doi
10.1016/j.gr.2014.02.004
ISSN
1342-937X


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