Khofra farming communities

Kufra farming communities:
Khofra is a town in Libya in the middle of the Sahara desert. The water to this town is supplied by an underground water network. When you are tied to an underground channel of water, you’re encouraged to make efficient use of space. This effient use of space is perfectly seen in the farming communities near this city you can see below. It for sure makes a very special seight seen from the sky:


These hexagonal shaped communities consist of a central square surrounded by sixteen farms. This way these communities are able to efficiently deliver water to each farmer because on this central square the water for all the farmers is supplied by some sort of an underground well where the underground water network is attached to. The land of each farmer stretches out for 500 meters behind their farm :



In total there are 15 of these communities, and they are building more of them as you can see here.

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Center pivot irrigation

Center pivot irrigation:
In an area with a dry climate center pivot irrigation is often used . This way it is possible to have agriculture. This method of agricultural irrigation results in a circular field of crops. A huge column of sprinklers, fixed to the ground at one end, slowly travels around in a circle whilst spraying the crops below:

The system is common all over the world but it is especially used in parts of the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and in desert areas in the Sahara and the Middle East. There is no place on earth where these kind of crops are more numerous then in the dry mid-west of the U.S. Like for example here in Texas, or here in Kansas.

More special is it when these crops are in the middle of a desert, like here in Jordan:


or here in Lybia in the Sahara. The water for this project is stored in giant water tanks:


and here in the Sahara in Lybia:


Very large desert irrigation projects are situated here in southeastern Libya which is called the Al Khufrah Oasis ( This is one of the largest agricultural projects in a desert area) and here in the desert of Saudi Arabia.

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