URUMQI Fenty Puma Rihanna Suede Creepers Cierne Lacne , Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- Cultural relics workers in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have spent the past five years renovating an ancient subterranean irrigation system, according to a summary released by a local cultural relics bureau on Monday.

The karez irrigation system was built 2,000 years ago. The karez wells, which convey water from deep underground to the surface, are considered one of China's greatest surviving ancient man-made structures, along with the Great Wall and the Grand Canal.

Renovation started at the end of 2009 and Fenty Puma Rihanna Leather Creepers Cierne Lacne , to date, four stages of renovations, covering 108 karez well systems with a total underground canal length of 18 km, have been carried out in the prefecture of Turpan, said Zhao Qiang, Party head with the cultural relics bureau of Turpan Prefecture.

More than 600 km of the underground canals were desilted and more than 10 Kúpit Fenty Puma Rihanna Leather Creepers Biele ,000 vertical shafts have been repaired, Zhao said.

Total spending on the restoration has reached 45 million yuan (7.26 million U.S. dollars).

Preparation for the fifth stage, which involves renovation of 15 karez wells, is under way and will start this year.

Traversing more than 5,000 kilometers, the karez wells are known as the "Great Underground Wall."

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Turpan, the hottest and driest region in China, has been using the system to avoid water evaporation at the ground surface. Currently, there are more than 1,000 karez wells in Turpan prefecture puma ignite sk , most of which have dried up because of groundwater recession and damage to the wells.

Karez wells are also found in nearby countries, including Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan. In China, they can also be found in the provinces of Gansu, Shaanxi and Shanxi.

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"The paratroopers practicing a humanitarian search-and-rescue mission are riding dog sleighs heading to the North Pole," the Interfax news agency quoted the ministry as saying.

According to the ministry, the troops cover up to 80 km during a 10-hour march each day.

This is the first time ever for troops of Russia and the CSTO to conduct a humanitarian rescue drill in the near-polar region without employing any mechanical vehicles.

Russian airborne troops along with the units of the rapid response force of the CSTO landed on the Arctic Ocean ice cap earlier this week for exercises aimed at testing the troops' survival ability in extreme environment.

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Founded in May 1992 under the framework of the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Russia-led CSTO is a political-military alliance that also comprises Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.

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