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Angkor's temples and reservoirs formed part of a vast hydraulic landscape that stored, channelled and staged water for an urban civilization.

Khmer water engineering

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Angkor is often remembered as stone, but its genius also ran through channels, moats, ponds and reservoirs. Water management helped the Khmer capital absorb seasonal extremes, support agriculture and frame sacred architecture. The system was practical and symbolic at once: a city using engineering to survive climate, and water to make power visible.

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Aynı kart, başka bir dilde.

Angkor'un tapınakları ve rezervuarları, suyu depolayan, yönlendiren ve bir kent uygarlığının sahnesine dönüştüren geniş bir hidrolik peyzajın parçasıydı.
Khmer su mühendisliği

Angkor çoğu zaman taşla hatırlanır; ama dehası kanallardan, hendeklerden, havuzlardan ve rezervuarlardan da akıyordu. Su yönetimi, Khmer başkentinin mevsimsel aşırılıkları karşılamasına, tarımı desteklemesine ve kutsal mimariyi çerçevelemesine yardım etti. Sistem aynı anda hem pratik hem sembolikti: iklimde ayakta kalmak için mühendisliği kullanan, gücü görünür kılmak için suyu konuşturan bir şehir.

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