ABSTRACT
The article, on the basis of the reading of the rich soviet literature on the subject, provides the first complete list of the underground waterworks of West Central Asia (which in the region are all called “karez,” independently from their technical variants), inclusive of their location, technical features, and documentary references. This quite tedious list is intended to be a useful tool for both Russian- and English-speaking specialists (Sections 20.1 and 20.2).
