De l'eau anciennes roues en milieu rural Gujarat, Inde. L'eau d'irrigation pour les cultures a été fourni par l'utilisation de l'eau sensibiliser les roues.

• Contributeur: Sharad Raval / Alamy Banque D'Images
• ID de l’image: HH2CKC
• Taille du fichier: 28,6 MB (932 KB Téléchargement compressé)
• Autorisations: Modèle - non | Propriété - non
• Dimensions: 3885 x 2573 px | 32,9 x 21,8 cm | 13 x 8,6 inches | 300dpi
• Date de la prise de vue: 19 novembre 2016
• Lieu: Gujarat, India

Informations supplémentaires

Water wheel is still used in agriculture. With a large metallic mechanism beside the road apparently connected to a water wheel and a pair of donkey, horses or oxen are attached to the steel bar make water wheel. This type of water wheel is called a sakia, or Persian wheel (although it likely was invented in India around 300 BC). The device is designed to lift water from a well using buckets or scoops connected to an endless belt activated by turning such a wheel. In a sakia, a vertical wheel is attached by a drive shaft to a horizontal wheel and allows access to water in deep wells. The wheels are set in motion by animal power (pair of oxen). Besides India, sakias are used in Egypt, the Iberian Peninsula, and Middle Eastern countries. Most are used for crop irrigation.

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