What are the foggaras of the Touat and Gourara oases?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. Underground channels that carry water from aquifers to palm gardens
- Step 1: Foggaras use gentle slopes to bring water to the surface. Step 2. Compare each option with this fact and discard those that conflict with it. Answer: Underground channels that carry water from aquifers to palm gardens. Why not the others: Clay jars that store water in houses, Stone towers that guard the oases and Public baths that are heated by hot springs do not fit the fact above; they describe different things or do not match the question.
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