Schahrud (Canal)

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The Schahrud is an ancient stone canal in Bukhara, Uzbekistan . The canal is used to supply the historic city with water and is part of the UNESCO World Heritage . The Hovuz , stone ponds or basins such as the Labi Hovuz or the Hovuz of the Hodscha Gaukuschan , are irrigated and drained via it . The Schahrud flows openly over long stretches south of the Schahristan through the Rabat Bukhara in an east-west direction past the Labi Hovuz, passes under the Toqi Sarrofon merchant dome and passes the Hodscha Gaukuschan.

  • The Shahrud on the Hodscha Gaukuschan

  • The Schahrud Canal with the inlet for the Labi Hovuz pond

literature

  • Alexei Arapov: Bukhara . Masterpieces from Central Asia. SMI-ASIA, Tashkent 2015, ISBN 978-9943-17-073-5 , p. 20, 76, 87 .

Coordinates: 39 ° 46 '20.9 "  N , 64 ° 24' 57.02"  O