Shoushtar Historical Hydraulic System

The Shoushtar Historical Hydraulic System is a complex irrigation system of the island city Shoushtar from the Sasanian era. It consists of 13 dams, bridges, canals and structures which work together as a hydraulic system.
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  • Tourist attraction
  • …lies at an elevation of 60 metres (197 feet)
  • Description: hydraulic complex in Shushtar, Iranian national heritage site and World heritage site
  • Also known as
    “Historical Hydraulic System”
    “Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System”
    “آبشارهای شوشتر”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Salasel Castle and Jameh Mosque.
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is a historic fortress and World Heritage Site.
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The of Shushtar is a Shi'ite Friday…
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is a building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shushtar and Pirdalu.
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is in province and is one of the oldest cities in .
is a village in Shahid Modarres Rural District…

Shoushtar Historical Hydraulic System

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Latitude
32.04412° or 32° 2′ 39″ north
Longitude
48.85843° or 48° 51′ 30″ east
Open location code
8H4C2VV5+J9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 590862314
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­watermill
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
12421046
Wiki­data ID
Q2274974

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Shoushtar Historical Hydraulic System” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “نظام شوشتر الهيدروليكي التأريخي”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şüştər Tarixi Su Sistemi”
  • Basque: “Xuxtarreko sistema hidrauliko historikoa”
  • Bengali: “শুশথার ঐতিহাসিক হাইড্রোলিক সিস্টেম”
  • Bulgarian: “Историческа хидравлична система Шущар”
  • Catalan: “Sistema hidràulic històric de Shushtar”
  • Chinese: “舒什塔爾歷史水力系統”
  • Croatian: “Šuštarski hidraulički sustav”
  • Czech: “Mosty, hráze, kanály, budovy a vodní mlýny v íránském Šúštaru”
  • Czech: “Šúštarský historický vodohospodářský systém”
  • Dutch: “Historisch hydraulisch systeem van Shushtar”
  • Dutch: “Waterwerken van Shushtar”
  • Finnish: “Shushtarin vedensiirtojärjestelmä”
  • French: “système hydraulique historique de Shushtar”
  • French: “Système hydraulique historique de Shushtar”
  • Galician: “Sistema hidráulico histórico de Shustar”
  • German: “Historische Wasserkunst”
  • German: “Historisches Hydraulik-System von Shushtar – Brücken, Dämme, Kanäle, Gebäude und Wassermühlen”
  • Indonesian: “Sistem Hidraulik Bersejarah Shushtar”
  • Italian: “Sistema idraulico di Shushtar”
  • Kirghiz: “Ирандагы Кеме куруу илими”
  • Maltese: “Sistema Idrawlika Storika ta‘ Shushtar”
  • Maltese: “Sistema Idrawlika Storika ta’ Shushtar”
  • Nepali: “शुशतर एतिहासिक जलीय प्रणाली”
  • Persian: “تپه پرسونه (پای تپه)”
  • Persian: “سازه های آبی شوشتر”
  • Persian: “سازهٔ های آبی شوشتر”
  • Persian: “سازه های ابی شوشتر”
  • Persian: “سازه‌های آبی شوشتر”
  • Persian: “مجموعه آبشارها و آسیابهای آبی”
  • Persian: “مجموعه آبشارهای شوشتر”
  • Persian: “مجموعه تاریخی آبشارهای شوشتر”
  • Portuguese: “Sistema hidráulico de Xustar”
  • Portuguese: “Sistema Hidráulico Histórico de Shushtar”
  • Serbian: “Хидраулични систем Шуштар”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Šuštarski hidraulički sistem”
  • Slovenian: “Zgodovinski hidravlični sistem Šuštar”
  • Spanish: “Sistema hidraulico de Shushtar”
  • Spanish: “Sistema hidráulico de Shushtar”
  • Swedish: “Shushtars historiska hydrauliska system”
  • Turkish: “Şuşter Tarihi Su Sistemi”
  • Ukrainian: “Гідравлічна система у Шуштарі”
  • Vietnamese: “Hệ thống Thủy lợi Lịch sử Shushtar”
  • Vietnamese: “Hệ thống Thủy lực Lịch sử Shushtar”

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