THE KHOTTARA OF SAOURA: HYDRAULIC HERITAGE IN DECLINE

B. REMINI, C. REZOUG

Abstract


In this article we examine one of the peculiarities of the Saoura valley. This is the operating technique of the groundwater. These are the pendulum wells called Khottara. Missions were carried out during the years 2013 and 2014 in the oases of Igli, Kerzaz, Beni Ikhlef, El Ouata, Guerzim and Beni Abbes. Investigations and investigations were carried out among farmers and the Ksourian population. It is clear that over 1200 Khottras have been dug in the oasis bordering the Saoura River for a length of 100 km (from Beni Abbes to Kerzaz). More than 600 Khottaras were made only in the oasis of Kerzaz. However, the introduction of the motor-driven pump into the oases and floods drained by the Saoura river has produced the abundant ancestral system.

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Saoura vally – Groundwater – Khottara- Pump- Oasis

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