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Khauz

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Khauz 

in Middle Asia and several countries of the Middle East, a man-made reservoir for drinking water. The khauz is found at mosques, in city squares, and in parks. It is usually rectangular and its embankment is sustained by trees or a stone revetment.



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The city centre is small and there is a definite air of fragility about the environs of the old khauz, a stone bathing pond where the locals sit to relax and drink tea.
 
 
 
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