Falaj

Despite the difficult terrain and the wide area of the Sultanate of Oman, however, falaj progress since ancient times, an integrated network of irrigation and the transfer of water from the tops of mountains and valleys to the stomachs of the long distances to be used by the Omanis in irrigation and in various other uses have been found in Oman falaj since before Islam, a system of irrigation engineering legacy from the generations for hundreds of years, some cities Ovlaj Sumail grants, for example, were built since 1500 over the year, while Ovlaj in the eastern region was built at the beginning of the twentieth century. Oman and reflected the genius over the centuries in ways falaj digging and building up the heart of tens of meters to get water from groundwater through underground channels, which is engineered Iajaza at a time when there were no mechanical machines. The number of springs in Oman more than 4000 Falaj, distributed on the mandates of the Sultanate and led by the mandate of the number 70 turned Sohar And Falaj - Falaj meaning of the act split the building - is short of water channel with a source of the gap in the high-class rock, including a channel extending a distance of several miles until it reaches the land for agriculture, if the level of the earth's surface are superficial and channel if it is high ground has already been extended through the drilled manner demonstrates the skill of the architectural sophisticated if extended through the land of low-level bridge has been established. Falaj is divided into three types: -- Falaj Aldawdi: -- It is a channel dug long stretches several kilometers underground, a depth of up to tens of meters, and the continuing advantage of Falaj Aldawdi flows throughout the year. The proportion of falaj Aldawdip about 45% of the number of springs in the Sultanate. Falaj kind: -- And draws its water from one eye, including the hot springs bath Kvlj Bbhoshr in Muscat Governorate, and the number of Aflaj limited. Falaj Agheili: -- And draws its water from the water surface and sub-surface depth of no more than 3-4 meters. And increase the water level in this type of falaj immediately after rainfall, and dry when the rain break for a long time, and the proportion of Gaelic falaj 55% in the Sultanate. After that the water Falaj the Center for Urban and assembly need to take people from the water, the distribution of water to different agricultural holdings according to the precise time depends on the division and under the supervision of a team called the Under-Falaj. Might be part of the agricultural crops Falaj Waqf for the maintenance of drainage channels and canals, and the agreement of parents and the supervision of the Under-Falaj. With the advent of the Renaissance in the early seventies, the Government great efforts to maintain the heritage values, began to develop plans for the maintenance and development, where it is falaj reform and increasing the efficiency of water through the development of source water Falaj and help dig wells and to ensure optimum utilization of water for irrigation, the introduction of falaj talk.