Rainwater harvesting in ancient civilizations in Jordan

Water Science and Technology: Water Supply

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 85-93

  AbdelKhaleq, R A ^a   Alhaj Ahmed, I ^b  

^a Water Demand Management Unit   (Jordan)

^b Municipality of Greater Amman   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Ancient civilizations; Nabataean; Rainwater harvesting; Water management

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; CLIMATOLOGY; RAIN; RIVERS; WATER SUPPLY;

ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS; RAINWATER HARVESTING; SEMI-ARID CLIMATE;

WATER MANAGEMENT;

RAIN;

ARID REGIONS; CLIMATOLOGY; RAIN; RIVERS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

CIVILIZATION; RAINWATER; SEMIARID REGION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TECHNOLOGY;

CIVILIZATION; HUMAN; HYDROLOGY; JORDAN; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; EURASIA; JORDAN; MA'AN; MIDDLE EAST; PETRA;

EID: 34248595721     PISSN: 16069749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/ws.2007.010     Document Type: Review

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