Embankment
Water harvesting mud embankments restrain natural streams of stormwater runoff in its upper reaches and direct it for storage in hauz (lake) and baoli (stepwell).
- Project Name: Delhi Sultanate Waterworks, Ancient network of water harvesting structures, Delhi, India
- Climate: Overlap of humid subtropical and semi arid
- Year: 1206 A.D. – 1526 A.D.
- Water type: Drinkable rainwater
- Landscape type: Ridge landscape
- Altitude: 220-230 m.a.s.l
- Soil condition: Alluvium, Quartzitic ridge
- Material: Stone masonry
- Period: Fixed
- Form: Point
- Use or function: Water directing