noria
/ˈnɔriə/
noun
- A water wheel with buckets or containers that lifts water from a lower source, such as a river, to a higher channel for irrigation.
- Tourists gathered to watch the wooden noria creak and splash as it raised water.
- The ancient noria still turns slowly, lifting water from the river to the fields.
- Farmers in the region have used a noria for centuries to irrigate their crops.
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