page_title: Noria
hierarchical_section_title: Noria
caption_attribution_description: Español: Parque Maria Cristina. Imagen de la noria islámica situada en el interior del parque Maria Cristina de Algeciras. Fotografia realizada para Wikimedia en agosto de 2007
context_page_description: A noria is a hydropowered machine used to lift water into a small aqueduct, either for the purpose of irrigation or for the use in towns and villages. There is at least one known instance where it feeds seawater into a saltern.
context_section_description: A noria (Arabic: ناعورة‎, nā‘ūra, plural نواعير nawāʿīr, from Syriac: ܢܥܘܪܐ‎, nā‘orā, lit. "growler") is a hydropowered machine used to lift water into a small aqueduct, either for the purpose of irrigation or for the use in towns and villages. There is at least one known instance where it feeds seawater into a saltern.
caption: A noria (or more likely a sakia, since it is connected to a well) in Parque María Cristina, Algeciras, Spain.
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