Replies

Since nearly all the lines are oriented to the Okavango, then they would not need cross channels. I would be interested to know to what extent all this is flooded in the rainy season. Anyone have a Google Earth or similar site that would cover that season?

Since nearly all the lines are oriented to the Okavango, then they would not need cross channels...

I'm thinking like I am the gardener, producing potatoes and or maize/corn on fields that are almost one mile in width and which go on forever...with channels in between that are some 6 foot wide that carry the water from the delta.

The above image is an example from Myanmar (Burma) and one needs to ask; how would all that produce be transported? By boat? For how many miles? How are the workers delivered? How many miles would they need to walk or row to work?

I would be interested to know to what extent all this is flooded in the rainy season. Anyone have a Google Earth or similar site that would cover that season?

I can't offer any further information, I'm tempted now to write to the author and ask him that very question.

http://vimeo.com/64351951

this is the vimeo video that started it.

Ancient Irrigation of South Africa

from Gary Schoenung 1 year ago

The Okavango delta in South Africa is surrounded by evidence of hundreds of miles of artificial irrigation. The parallel channels that you see are a mile or so apart. This suggests that there was once an extremely large population there utilizing advanced agricultural techniques. (VIDEO UPDATED September 8 2013)

It’s one of a series of 10:

http://vimeo.com/user12206452/videos