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The norias of Hama on the Orontes River in Syria ().. A noria (Arabic: ناعورة, nā‘ūra, plural نواعير nawāʿīr, from Syriac: ܢܥܘܪܐ, nā‘orā, lit. "growler") is a hydropowered scoop wheel used to lift water into a small aqueduct, either for the purpose of irrigation or to supply water to cities and villages.
Institut francais de Damas, Damascus, Syria; This 240-page French language book, much illustrated and including maps, gives the definitive account of the norias of Hama. Samman, Mahmod (2006) Noria al-Muhammadiya: Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark. American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
A noria in contrast uses the water power obtained from the flow of a river. The noria consists of a large undershot water-wheel whose rim is made up of a series of containers which lift water from the river to an aqueduct at the top of the wheel. [14] [15] Some famous examples are the norias of Hama in Syria or the Albolafia noria in Cordoba ...
Savage Nights (French: Les Nuits fauves) is a 1992 French drama film directed and written by Cyril Collard.It stars Collard, Romane Bohringer, and Carlos López.The film is an adaptation of Collard's semi-autobiographical novel Les Nuits fauves, published in 1989.
A noria is a machine for lifting water into a small aqueduct. Noria may also refer to: Asher Noria (born 1992), Indian sport shooter; Noria Mabasa (born 1938), South ...
View of the noria from the city side: the horseshoe arch on the left is all that remains of the former aqueduct which brought water from the wheel to the palace. The exact history and origins of the Noria of Albolafia are not clear, [5] although it is known that norias of this kind were a common feature of hydraulic technology across much of the historic Islamic world, including Al-Andalus.
Nouria is a female given name. Notable people with this given name include: Nouria Benghabrit-Remaoun (born 1952), Algerian sociologist; Nouria Hernandez, Swiss biologist ...
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