Subak
Sign in to savename of water management (irrigation) system for paddy fields on Bali island, Indonesia
Key facts
- Official name
- Cultural Landscape of Bali Province: the Subak System as a Manifestation of the Tri Hita Karana Philosophy
- Location
- Bali , Indonesia
- Includes
- Supreme Water Temple Pura Ulun Danu Batur Lake Batur Subak Landscape of Pekerisan Watershed Subak Landscape of Catur Angga Batukaru Royal Water Temple Pura Taman Ayun
- Criteria
- Cultural: (iii), (v), (vi)
- Reference
- 1194rev
- Inscription
- 2012 (36th Session )
- Area
- 19,519.9 ha (48,235 acres)
- Buffer zone
- 1,454.8 ha (3,595 acres)
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- Image
- Rice terraces in Jatiluwih, Tabanan Regency, Bali, Indonesia.jpg
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- Balinese subaks
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Subak is the water management (irrigation) system for the paddy fields on Bali island, Indonesia. It was developed in the 9th century. For the Balinese, irrigation is not simply providing water for the plant's roots, but water is used to construct a complex, pulsed artificial ecosystem that is at the same time autonomous and interdependent. The system consists of terraced rice fields and water temples covering nearly 20,000 hectares (49,000 acres). The temples are the main focus of this cooperative water management, known as subak.
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