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Water resources of Vijayanagara (i) The natural basin formed by the Tungabhadra which flows in a north - easterly direction hills surrounds this and a number of streams flow down to the river from these hills. (ii) Embankments were built along the streams to create reservoirs of varying sizes. (iii) As Vijayanagara was in one of the most arid zones of the peninsula, elaborate water arrangements had to be made to store rain water and conduct it to the city. (iv) Kamalapuram tank not only irrigated fields nearby but water was also conducted through a channel to the ?royal centre?. (v) One of the most prominent was the Hiriya canal. It drew water from a dam across the Tungabhadra and irrigated the cultivated valley which separated the sacred centre from the urban core.
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