Menehune ditch, an old irrigation system built of basalt blocks of stone in Hawaii

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The remnant of one wall of an irrigation ditch was made from smooth lava stone to bring water from the Waimea River to the taro fields

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Size: 3600px × 2400px
Location: Menehune Road, Waimea, West Kauai, Hawaii, USA
Photo credit: © Rosanne Tackaberry / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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