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dc.contributor.authorREMINI, Boualem-
dc.contributor.authorACHOUR, Bachir-
dc.contributor.authorALBERGEL, Jean-
dc.date.accessioned2014-04-04T17:35:03Z-
dc.date.available2014-04-04T17:35:03Z-
dc.date.issued2014-04-04-
dc.identifier.urihttp://archives.univ-biskra.dz/handle/123456789/2204-
dc.description.abstractTimimoun is located in the hyper-arid zone of the Sahara, with an annual rainfall not exceeding 100 mm/ year. To fill the shortage of rainfall, the oasis has developed a traditional means for mobilization of the groundwater. In the foggara with this hydraulic system, oases have been developed throughout the region of Timimoun over ten centuries. Today, we witness the gradual disappearance of foggaras; we lose about one to two foggaras per year for over half a century. The discharge of the 250 functional foggaras shows a significant drop: 850 l/s in 1960 and 355 l/s in 2001, enough to irrigate 350 ha. The causes of declining foggaras are technical, social, and environmental. The surveys that we have led nearly with the population in the ksour during two missions in 2007 and 2008 in the oasis of Timimoun reveal that socio-economic problems (Heritage and depopulation) are common to both types of foggara (foggara of the Erg and foggara Albian).Environmental problems (silting and flooding of the galleries by wild plants) are the main causes of the disappearance of foggaras of Erg. Technical problems (collapse of tunnels) are mainly the causes of degradation to Albian’s foggaras. Attempts to introduce changes to foggaras are temporary solutions. The modern collection of water (pump and drilling) is gradually replacing the traditional hydraulic system.fr_FR
dc.language.isoenfr_FR
dc.subjectFoggarafr_FR
dc.subjectGalleryfr_FR
dc.subjectCollapsefr_FR
dc.subjectSiltingfr_FR
dc.subjectDrilling Timimounfr_FR
dc.titleTimimoun’s foggara (Algeria): an heritage in dangerfr_FR
dc.typeArticlefr_FR
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