Here, individually designed family homes have been built around a series of man-made canals.

With drainage and rainfall-related flood protection a huge concern, man-made canals were constructed by the mid-19th century.

The addition of the man-made canals has increased both the discharge flow and amount of runoff pollution carried into the river.

The Hohokam made the sandy soil fertile by channeling water from the local river through a series of man-made canals.

It is the oldest continually operating man-made canal in the United States, opened in 1805.

Al Qasba - 10,0000-acre project including a 1 km-long man-made canal and 60m high observation wheel, it was made open for the public in 2005.

At first its water was very clear and fresher than any river or other man-made canal in India.

A man-made canal flows through the heart of the city.

There are two man-made canals, one on each side of the Manzanares River.

It is connected with Chaliyar on the south by a man-made canal.