Glossary · Term

Reservoir

Also known as reservoirs

A reservoir is an artificial or enlarged body of water used to store water for irrigation, drinking or flood control. In the Khmer Empire, vast reservoirs known as barays, together with canals and embankments, formed one of the most sophisticated hydraulic systems of the premodern world. According to the Khmer Empire profile, this infrastructure regulated water flow, allowed multiple rice harvests a year and sustained the dense population around Angkor.

Mentioned in 5 profiles

Khmer EmpireSocioeconomyOdrysian KingdomImpactUdaipur StateSocioeconomySukhothai KingdomSocioeconomyHyderabad StateSocioeconomy

Mentioned in 5 state histories

MoabAnuradhapura KingdomKingdom of RuhunaCaracolSri Ksetra Kingdom

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Reservoir. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/reservoir
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