What Is a "Qanat

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Multiple Choice

What is a "qanat"?

• A) an irrigation system, developed in Iran, that taps into groundwater through a series of gently sloping tunnels
• B) a type of subsistence agriculture practiced on oases
• C) a formal title given to the monarch (national leader, like a king or queen) in the country of Saudi Arabia
• D) the practice of seasonally moving livestock to cooler, greener, high country pastures in the summer, then returning them to valley and lowlands for fall and winter grazing
• E) water supplies stored underground during earlier and wetter climatic periods

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Definitions:

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