Aqueduct
An aqueduct is a watercourse constructed to carry water from a source to a distribution point far away. In modern engineering, the term aqueduct is used for any system of pipes, ditches, canals, tunnels, and other structures used for this purpose.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Waterworks
- Description: structure constructed to convey water
- Also known as: “acquaduct”, “Acueducto El Palmar”, “aquaduct”, and “aqueduct”
- Address: Palmar de Guanapalo
Photo: Flickr, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aqueduct
- Categories: hydraulic structure, water pipeline, watercourse, and industry
- Location: San Luis de Palenque, Casanare Department, Colombia, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
5.37527° or 5° 22′ 31″ northLongitude
-71.82974° or 71° 49′ 47″ westOperator
EAS S.A.E.S.POpen location code
67QC95GC+44OpenStreetMap ID
way 992616125OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=water_worksWikidata ID
Q474
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Aqueduct” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Akwaduk”
- Arabic: “بدالة”
- Arabic: “حني”
- Arabic: “ساقية”
- Arabic: “قناة مائية”
- Arabic: “قناة مرفوعة”
- Arabic: “قناة مقنطرة”
- Arabic: “قنطرة مائية”
- Arabic: “مجرى مرفوعة”
- Aragonese: “Acueducto”
- Aragonese: “Gallipuent”
- Armenian: “Ջրանցույց”
- Arpitan: “Égouaduit”
- Arpitan: “Egue-dyu”
- Asturian: “acueductu”
- Asturian: “Acueductu”
- Azerbaijani: “Akveduk”
- Basque: “Akueduktu”
- Belarusian: “Акведук”
- Belarusian: “Аквэдук”
- Bhojpuri: “एक्वाडक्ट (पुल)”
- Bosnian: “Akvadukt”
- Bulgarian: “акведукт”
- Bulgarian: “Акведукт”
- Catalan: “aqüeducte”
- Catalan: “Aqüeducte”
- Chinese: “上水道”
- Chinese: “引水渠”
- Chinese: “引水道”
- Chinese: “水道橋”
- Chinese: “渡槽”
- Chinese: “高架渠”
- Chuvash: “Акведук”
- Cornish: “dowrbons”
- Croatian: “akvadukt”
- Croatian: “Akvedukt”
- Czech: “akvadukt”
- Czech: “Akvadukt”
- Danish: “akvædukt”
- Danish: “Akvædukt”
- Dutch: “aquaduct”
- Dutch: “Aquaduct”
- Esperanto: “akvedukto”
- Esperanto: “Akvedukto”
- Estonian: “Akvedukt”
- Finnish: “akvedukti”
- Finnish: “Akvedukti”
- French: “aqueduc”
- French: “Aqueduc”
- Galician: “acueduto”
- Galician: “Acueduto”
- Georgian: “აკვედუკი”
- German: “Aquädukt”
- Greek: “υδραγωγείο”
- Greek: “Υδραγωγείο”
- Greek: “υδρογέφυρα”
- Hebrew: “אמת מים”
- Hindi: “जलवाही सेतु”
- Hungarian: “akvadukt”
- Hungarian: “Akvadukt”
- Hungarian: “akvedukt”
- Hungarian: “csatornahíd”
- Icelandic: “Vatnsveitubrú”
- Ido: “Aquedukto”
- Indonesian: “Akuaduk”
- Interlingua: “Aqueducto”
- Irish: “uiscerian”
- Irish: “Uiscerian”
- Italian: “acquedotto”
- Italian: “Acquedotto”
- Italian: “Doccio”
- Italian: “Doccione”
- Italian: “Fistola”
- Japanese: “井手”
- Japanese: “用水”
- Japanese: “用水路”
- Kazakh: “Акведук”
- Kirghiz: “Акведук”
- Korean: “용수로”
- Latin: “aquae ductus”
- Latin: “Aquae ductus”
- Latvian: “Akvedukts”
- Lithuanian: “Akvedukas”
- Luxembourgish: “Aqueduc”
- Macedonian: “аквадукт”
- Macedonian: “Аквадукт”
- Malagasy: “Lalan-drano”
- Malay: “Akueduk (bekalan air)”
- Malay: “Akueduk”
- Malayalam: “അക്വാഡക്റ്റ്”
- Navajo: “Tó yaʼnidaʼaazgééd”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “akvedukt”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Akvedukt”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “akvedukt”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Akvedukt”
- Norwegian: “Akvedukt”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Aqüeducte”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Wætertyge”
- Persian: “آباره”
- Persian: “آبگذر”
- Polish: “akwedukt”
- Polish: “Akwedukt”
- Portuguese: “aqueduto”
- Portuguese: “Aqueduto”
- Quechua: “Witkhu”
- Romanian: “apeduct”
- Romanian: “Apeduct”
- Russian: “акведук”
- Russian: “Акведук”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Amar-uisge”
- Serbian: “акведукт”
- Serbian: “Акведукт”
- Serbo-Croatian: “akvadukt”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Akvadukt”
- Sicilian: “Cunnutta d’acqua”
- Slovak: “Akvadukt”
- Slovenian: “akvadukt”
- Slovenian: “Akvadukt”
- Slovenian: “akvedukt”
- Spanish: “acueducto”
- Spanish: “Acueducto”
- Spanish: “acueductos”
- Spanish: “gallipuente”
- Swedish: “akvedukt”
- Swedish: “Akvedukt”
- Tagalog: “Akwedukto”
- Tajik: “Акведук”
- Tamil: “தொட்டிப் பாலம்”
- Thai: “สะพานส่งน้ำ”
- Turkish: “su kemeri”
- Turkish: “Su kemeri”
- Ukrainian: “акведук”
- Ukrainian: “Акведук”
- Urdu: “آبراہ”
- Uzbek: “Akveduk”
- Uzbek: “Suv o‘tkazgich-ko‘prik”
- Uzbek: “Suv O‘tkazgich-Ko‘prik”
- Uzbek: “Suv o’tkazgich-ko’prik”
- Uzbek: “Suv O’tkazgich-Ko’prik”
- Uzbek: “Suv o`tkazgich-ko`prik”
- Uzbek: “Suv O`tkazgich-Ko`prik”
- Uzbek: “Suv oʻtkazgich-koʻprik”
- Uzbek: “Suv Oʻtkazgich-Koʻprik”
- Venetian: “acuedoto”
- Vietnamese: “Aqueduct”
- Vietnamese: “Cầu dẫn nước”
- Waray (Philippines): “Acueducto”
- Welsh: “dyfrbont”
- Welsh: “traphont ddŵr”
- Western Frisian: “akwadukt”
- Western Frisian: “Akwadukt”
- Wu Chinese: “上水道”
- Wu Chinese: “高架渠”
- Yue Chinese: “高架渠”
- “एक्वाडक्ट”
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