Acequia

Acequias are gravity-driven waterways, similar in concept to a flume.

Acequia

Most are simple ditches with dirt banks, but they can be lined with concrete.

Acequia

Use in American Southwest[edit | edit source]

They were important forms of irrigation in the development of agriculture in the American Southwest.

The proliferation of cotton, pecans and green chile as major agricultural staples owe their progress to the acequia system.

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