A look at one series of earthworks running from the top of the mountain through a gorge down to the main wadi.
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@AmerijamAcres8 жыл бұрын
I'd love to see an update on these. It's been 4 or 5 yrs and I'd really like to see how they have developed over that time.
@ssaa1294 жыл бұрын
Check their channel for their final astonishing results
@WonderMagician4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your determined effort to reverse desertification.
@brianvittachi68695 ай бұрын
A very intelligent use of the lie of the land and naturally available stone. Well done.
@yousefeissa99558 жыл бұрын
I'm from Saudi Arabia and would love to see your work by myself
@galaxyofvid27385 жыл бұрын
Why don't you start the project ask your goverment to scale up the projected in bigger scales by building huge under ground storage facilities to collect rain water and use it for months in this video the method is god for slow growth but water evaporate quickly but it you build under ground storages than it can be used by dip irrigation for months water available slow usage of water
@abdulmahamad12412 жыл бұрын
Excellent job. Keep up the good job of this humanitarian project. Congratulations. I cant wait to see the results of green Saudi Arabia and the rest of the world deserts
@tovaritchboy8 жыл бұрын
IS amazing what you have done and yes would really like to see how they have developed now. Such a great project for the area and country as a whole, benefits that will be felt for many years to come.
@jamessang50274 жыл бұрын
Excellent! Build terraces and gabions around a well to help refill the well water source.
@PANMESTIGUS12 жыл бұрын
Excellent. I absolutely love this. This is exactly the type of work i like. Well done. WOuld love update vids!
@fieldagent59isintheforest323 жыл бұрын
that is a lot of work in tough terrain..... nice job..
@johnfenn4 жыл бұрын
These are the same as "sand dams" as used in Africa. The silt stores water, fantastic job. Well done.
@albaydha70212 жыл бұрын
We plan to convert the mountain terrain into Savannah--planting only the hardiest desert trees, which will change the floods into a seasonal stream, and then we will use the water from the stream to water an agricultural area on the flood plain.
@patrickmukora97676 жыл бұрын
Al Baydha is this project still on track?
@nou14384 жыл бұрын
@@patrickmukora9767 yup, check the latest video
@CrookedWoodsFamilyOrchard6 жыл бұрын
It's time to revisit the site!
@peterpecenko51577 жыл бұрын
would be nice to re-film the path now after 6 years ...
@vadranamravi75534 жыл бұрын
highly satisfying video i have ever witnessed.
@benjaminselle27565 жыл бұрын
Great stuff! More videos please? What are you up to these days? Earth works or rock works! ;)
@timypp28944 жыл бұрын
Looks good. Carry on the good work.
@ncooty11 жыл бұрын
Nice work. 2 minor points: I don't think your "gabions" are gabions; they're check dams. I believe what makes a gabion a gabion is the use of some sort of mesh to contain the rocks. I don't think your "terraces" are terraces; they're stone bunds. Terracing would require cuts or fills with the ground, not just stacks of rocks. Either way, looks like you're on your way to improved hydrology. I wonder if a small impound before the steep slope would also help. Please post updates when available.
@WenRolland11 жыл бұрын
Great video, thanks for explaining this so clearly.
@qutbsaeed2165 Жыл бұрын
We are in2024 and the result of this work is amazing
@Tossdart7 жыл бұрын
Very amazing it seems you are too busy to comment anymore. I would though like to know how you moved the big boulders.
@ncooty11 жыл бұрын
Interesting idea. From my experience, the silt will accumulate first in the small draws and crevices that lead up to the bund or check dam. Over time, the accumulation spreads more evenly along the bund as the draws are filled in and the flows leading to the bund are more spread out. I've generally considered it good that the silt fills in the draws first, but your idea could diffuse the flow along the bund rather than allowing it to flow over at a concentrated point, which would also be good.
@Tamime15 ай бұрын
جميل ❤
@mikewright30292 жыл бұрын
how did you move all those big heavy rocks? :O
@kam701114 жыл бұрын
Throw some hay behind the stones. The long fibres act as a more effective silt filter.
@PANMESTIGUS12 жыл бұрын
i love this. Tell me, what is your intended outcome/function of this system? Just to minimize erosion or to also create arable area?
@MrGigi-dz9cv2 жыл бұрын
You need compost. Organic matter will help soil retain water, help grow the vegetation. You need grazing animals doing controlled grazing. Then vegetation will grow.
@jessedylanwilliams7 жыл бұрын
Also terrace, check dam and gabion are distinct things. Not just different sizes.
@abdaici33703 жыл бұрын
Please, In wich month you took this vedio ?
@prashanthkamath74374 жыл бұрын
Give the location or name of the Wadi, so that we can look up in Google earth Historical view to observe the changes over the period.
@katjordan37334 жыл бұрын
Did it work? We would really like to know.
@jessedylanwilliams7 жыл бұрын
Hey mate. Love ya stuff. One comment. Your contoured check dams seem a little high on the edges, like your gabion, but without much effect. Focus on the middle, is my point. Up to you. Take it easy bud.
@pinkelephants14215 жыл бұрын
Very interesting video but the filming is VERY jerky & hard to watch. Perhaps when filming in future you could try using a gimbal with the çamera.
@fionahamer7202 Жыл бұрын
Yes, moving the camera more slowly also helps, along with staying wide. Feel free to stop and start the video to get a closeup, rather than wandering to it. Use a tripod, even.
@PANMESTIGUS12 жыл бұрын
Where is this site?
@rethinkscience84542 жыл бұрын
You should sell your rocks. You have a few there.
@warnetchiehoey95692 жыл бұрын
Ente keren banget, sudah 10 tahun lamanya, minta sama Allah. lempar kayu dan batu jadi tanaman
@djamelbelaid66778 жыл бұрын
Technique intéressante pour l'Algérie. Djamel BELAID.fr Ingénieur Agronome.
@bluesmoke8714 Жыл бұрын
If your banana wasnt backwards the path length of the water would be hundreds of times longer, why do people get to guide these projects that have 0 sense they waste huge amounts of time and money, to little effect.
@mabroukatis4 жыл бұрын
These are actually "weirs"هدار not terraces. And you don't want them to collect silt except to close the holes in weir construction. If it fills the entire reservoir before each weir then function is totally eliminated and back to flash flood. I am an Egyptian Civil Engineer and we studied such designs more than 30 years ago. I like your idea. Sound one. But just correcting the names.
@albaydha7024 жыл бұрын
Hell Mohamed--the weirs are specifically there to catch silt. Once silted up, we plant trees on them--thus the function of slowing down the water switches from being a strictly physical to a biological mechanism.
@mabroukatis4 жыл бұрын
@@albaydha702 ok
@AKTomtom4 жыл бұрын
Learn how to shoot videos. I know you meant well & this is over 9yrs ago, but watch your own videos & see how sick. Notice the shakes & panning the camera, back & forth, non-stop. This is sick. Where is your care?
@ophiuchus9925 жыл бұрын
One flow of a flash flood and that's gone, animals and people moving things, that's a waste of time, try again please.
@TheCommono4 жыл бұрын
Maybe you don't understand the concept? The strategy explicitely is to prevent a flash flood to carry it all away.