Answer:
The distinctive physical location of Vijayanagara Empire has helped to meet the requirement or water in the following way:
The striking feature about the location of Vijayanagara is the natural basin formed by river Tungabhadra which flows in north easterly direction. A number of streams flow dawn to the river from the granite hills that seem to term a girdle around the city.
Embankments were built along these streams to create reservoirs of varying sizes. Elaborate arrangements had to be made to store rain water and conduct it to the city as Vijayanagara is one of the most arid zones of the peninsula. The most important tank was built in the early years of the 15th C was known as Kamalapuram tank, water from this tank was used for irrigating the fields as well as conducted through a channel to the ?Royal Centre?. Another most prominent water work to be seen among the ruins is the Hiriya Canal. This canal drew water from a dam across the Tungabhadra and irrigated the cultivated valley that separated the ?sacred centre from the urban core?. This was built by the kings of the Sangama dynasty.
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