INVENTORY OF TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE TO COMBAT DESERTIFICATION

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C15- CHANNELLING AND CONCENTRATION OF RAIN ALONG THE SLOPES-AGUADA
The aguada of Rancho Jabal (Northern Yucatán) with the shafts (A) and the chultun (B) which retain water when the aguada (C) dries up.
Maya hydraulic technology. a) before the classic age the settlements were carried out at the bottom in natural depression used as water reservoirs. B) in the late classic age hydraulic technology made it possible to build in high places, using the roofs and the monuments of the town as water catchment devices which filled a big central reservoir with water.
Reconstruction of the natural karstic system of the aguada and cenotes (National Museum of Mexico City).
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