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ThMap of the irrigation oasis of Damascus in 1969
An abandoned rural noria on the Orontes river
Tall Mumbaqa, View to the north: shore of Assad-Lake with pumps
View of Orontes valley
Hama, general view of the “Four Norias”, the two Bischriyyat and two Uthmaniyyat
Hama, general overview at the Jisriyya/Bridge Noria (waterwheel)
Noria (water wheel) with aqueduct in ar-Rastan in 1930
A concrete irrigation canal in the Ghouta of Damascus
View of a road in al-Ghab Plain
Ghouta of Damascus, A grove of vegetables and fruit trees
Hama, general view of the Jisriyya (waterwheel)
An aerial view of a water canal in the village of Shaykh Hilal
An artificial irrigation canal, al-Furat al-Aʿla (the Upper Euphrates Valley)
An irrigation canal in the Eastern Ghouta
Ghuta of Damascus, an old irrigation canal, 1963
Agricultural fields, cow and irrigation pipe on the coast of Baniyas
An irrigation canal in the Ghouta of Damascus
A concrete irrigation canal in the Ghouta of Damascus
An irrigation canal on the edge of an orchard in the Ghouta of Damascus
Habuba Kabira, water reservoir for field-irrigation, in the background motor pump of the well
Ghuta of Damascus, artificial irrigation canal system
Irrigation fields of ʿAyn at-Tina in Qalamun (mountainous region in southwest Syria)
Irrigation fields of ʿAyn at-Tina in Qalamun (mountainous region in southwest Syria)
A grove with irrigation canal in the Ghouta of Damascus
Artificial field irrigation and drinking water supplies, al-Ghab Plain
Artificial field irrigation and drinking water supplies, al-Ghab Plain
Artificial irrigation, al-Ghab Plain
Irrigation canal near Baniyas
An artificial irrigation canal, al-Furat al-Aʿla (the Upper Euphrates Valley)