An ab anbar (Persian: آب‌انبار, literally "cistern") is a traditional reservoir or cistern of drinking water in Greater Iran. To withstand the pressure the water exerts on the containers of the storage tank, the storage itself was built below ground level.

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Sep 14, 2021 · The Ab-Anbar is a pond or indoor pool that was usually built underground to store water in cities, villages, forts, caravan routes (in ropes and caravanserais), and in the mountains. Ab-Anbars are dug to a depth of 10 to 20 m on the ground and is covered by a dome-like roof and equipped with several ducts.

Jun 15, 2017 · Ab anbar is an underground structure, constructed in the past to store freshwater for domestic uses. The water reservoir was fed from a near shallow qanat.

Dec 15, 1983 · The āb-anbār was one of the constructions developed in Iran as part of a water management system in areas reliant on permanent (springs, qanāt s) or on seasonal (rain) water. A settlement’s capacity for storing water ensured its survival over the hot, dry season when even the permanent water supply would diminish.

Feb 14, 2007 · The typical ab anbar consists of four key elements: the underground reservoir, the pasheer or platform, the dome, and the badgir or wind catcher shafts. Some of the larger and centrally located ab anbars also house a khazineh or public hot bath.

May 21, 2015 · An Ab-Anbar was filled by the temporary river currents, springs or underground waters namely Qanta or wells. On the other hand, in fresh water management,

Ab-Anbar is a contemporary art gallery that engages with the non-linear intersections of histories of Art and History. Often diasporic, Ab-Anbar represents artists from multiple latitudes and identities, who traverse the aesthetic and political, as well as social and psychological borders.

Ab-Anbar is a contemporary art gallery that engages with the non-linear intersections of histories of Art and History. Often diasporic, Ab-Anbar repre…

Sep 25, 2024 · Ab-anbar آب انبار: Literal translation: Ab meaning water and Anbar meaning storage facility. A specially designed subterranean space that holds clean water, usually employing windcatchers and fed by karizes.