Canal vs Aflaj - What's the difference?
canal | aflaj |
An artificial waterway, often connecting one body of water with another
A tubular channel within the body.
To dig an artificial waterway in or to (a place), especially for drainage
* {{quote-book, year=1968, title=Proceedings, author=Louisiana State University, page=165
, passage= In the mangrove-type salt marsh, the entire marsh must be canaled or impounded. }}
To travel along a canal by boat
* {{quote-book, year=1905, author=William Yoast Morgan, title=A Journey of a Jayhawker, page=211, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=vTELAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA211
, passage=Near Rotterdam we canalled by Delfthaven.}}
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(agriculture) An irrigation system which catches mountain water and controls its movement down man-made subterranean channels, found in Oman.
As nouns the difference between canal and aflaj
is that canal is an artificial waterway, often connecting one body of water with another while aflaj is an irrigation system which catches mountain water and controls its movement down man-made subterranean channels, found in Oman.As a verb canal
is to dig an artificial waterway in or to (a place), especially for drainage.canal
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(wikipedia canal)Noun
(en noun)Verb
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