Karezat is a large tehsil of Karezat District. Karezat is in the north east of
Pishin, Pakistan
Pishin ( ps, پښين, Urdu and bal, ) or Pshin is a city that is the capital of the Pishin District of Balochistan province, Pakistan. . In Karezat, the largest city is Khanozai Bazar.
Karezat is a tehsil and sub-division of the Karezat District of
Balochistan Province
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,
Pakistan
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The name Karezat refers to the
karez
A qanat or kārīz is a system for transporting water from an aquifer or water well to the surface, through an underground aqueduct; the system originated approximately 3,000 BC in what is now Iran. The function is essentially the same across ...
es, underground channels with vertical access shafts, used to transport water from an
aquifer
An aquifer is an underground layer of water-bearing, permeable rock, rock fractures, or unconsolidated materials (gravel, sand, or silt). Groundwater from aquifers can be extracted using a water well. Aquifers vary greatly in their characterist ...
under a hill, in the villages of the tehsil. Only Two karezes remains in the village Khushab, and the other is in Village Newkarez Murgha, all are no longer usable, due to drought.
It comprises many large villages which have large populations of the Kakar tribe; residents' livelihoods are based on agriculture. In early times, farms were irrigated by the karezes, which were the major source of water in the area.
References
Pishin District
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