The foggaras

Collection title

EPTV Collection

ID

EPT00426

Source

EPTV (DZ)

First broadcast date

06/20/1999

Production year

1999

Abstract

The foggara is a type of irrigation, profoundly original, which gives to the Gourara oasis their specificity: it does not exist anywhere else in the Sahara, except in Touat, in the Adrar region. It consists in creating artificial "sources" by digging galleries of very low slope that will join the groundwater. The water seeps along the walls and forms a permanent stream. These galleries are marked in surface by openings for maintenance, and a overview of the region shows the extent of the network created: it is estimated that thousands of kilometers compose all the foggaras in Gourara and Touat.

Type

video

Production companies

• EPTV - Own production

Broadcaster

EPTV - 1st national channel

Audiovisual form

Documentary

Primary theme

Water issues

Secondary themes

• Landscapes and environment / Eco-systems and sustainable development
• Economy / Techniques and technologies

Credits / Cast

• Aiche Mohamed - Director

Period of events

• 1999

Map locations

• Algeria - South (Sahara) - Adrar

Original language

Arabic

Media running time

26m3