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The Inca Civilisation
A look at the water supply systems of the Inca and ancient Sri Lankan civilisations
How the Inca civilisation harnessed water in their South American empire over a thousand years ago. This included an ingenious method of digging ridges and furrows into flood plains, that is being re-adopted today. Also, a look at the water supply system of Sigiriya in Sri Lanka. Presenter Malcolm Billings
Picture: South American landscape and water, Credit: Thinkstock
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