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🏯 Silk Roads: Zarafshan-Karakum Corridor: Toksankoriz Irrigation System

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🏯 Silk Roads: Zarafshan-Karakum Corridor: Toksankoriz Irrigation System
Ancient water management infrastructure in Central Asia's arid plains


🕐 2 min read · Updated 10 Apr 2026 at 18:06

UNESCOUNESCO World Heritage Site

📌 Fast Facts
  • Location: Zarafshan-Karakum Corridor, Tajikistan
  • Type: Ancient irrigation system with canals and water distribution networks
  • Period: Early Common Era onwards, with possible earlier origins
  • UNESCO inscription: 2023

The Toksankoriz Irrigation System is a network of canals and water management infrastructure in Tajikistan's Zarafshan-Karakum Corridor that ...

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