Terraces to Gabions

A look at one series of earthworks running from the top of the mountain through a gorge down to the main wadi.

[@AmerijamAcres]

I'd love to see an update on these. It's been 4 or 5 yrs and I'd really like to see how they have developed over that time.

[@ssaa129]

Check their channel for their final astonishing results

[@WonderMagician]

Thank you for your determined effort to reverse desertification.

[@brianvittachi6869]

A very intelligent use of the lie of the land and naturally available stone. Well done.

[@abdulmahamad1241]

Excellent job. Keep up the good job of this humanitarian project. Congratulations. I cant wait to see the results of green Saudi Arabia and the rest of the world deserts

[@fieldagent59isintheforest32]

that is a lot of work in tough terrain..... nice job..

[@yousefeissa9955]

I'm from Saudi Arabia and would love to see your work by myself

[@galaxyofvid2738]

Why don't you start the project ask your goverment to scale up the projected in bigger scales by building huge under ground storage facilities to collect rain water and use it for months in this video the method is god for slow growth but water evaporate quickly but it you build under ground storages than it can be used by dip irrigation for months water available slow usage of water

[@jamessang5027]

Excellent! Build terraces and gabions around a well to help refill the well water source.

[@PANMESTIGUS]

Excellent. I absolutely love this. This is exactly the type of work i like. Well done. WOuld love update vids!

[@tovaritchboy]

IS amazing what you have done and yes would really like to see how they have developed now. Such a great project for the area and country as a whole, benefits that will be felt for many years to come.

[@johnfenn]

These are the same as "sand dams" as used in Africa. The silt stores water, fantastic job. Well done.

[@CrookedWoodsFamilyOrchard]

It's time to revisit the site!

[@peterpecenko5157]

would be nice to re-film the path now after 6 years ...

[@benjaminselle2756]

Great stuff! More videos please? What are you up to these days? Earth works or rock works! ;)

[@vadranamravi7553]

highly satisfying video i have ever witnessed.

[@albaydha702]

We plan to convert the mountain terrain into Savannah--planting only the hardiest desert trees, which will change the floods into a seasonal stream, and then we will use the water from the stream to water an agricultural area on the flood plain.

[@patrickmukora9767]

Al Baydha is this project still on track?

[@nou1438]

@@patrickmukora9767 yup, check the latest video

[@timypp2894]

Looks good. Carry on the good work.

[@ncooty]

Nice work. 2 minor points: I don't think your "gabions" are gabions; they're check dams. I believe what makes a gabion a gabion is the use of some sort of mesh to contain the rocks. I don't think your "terraces" are terraces; they're stone bunds. Terracing would require cuts or fills with the ground, not just stacks of rocks. Either way, looks like you're on your way to improved hydrology. I wonder if a small impound before the steep slope would also help. Please post updates when available.

[@WenRolland]

Great video, thanks for explaining this so clearly.

[@Tossdart]

Very amazing it seems you are too busy to comment anymore. I would though like to know how you moved the big boulders.

[@qutbsaeed2165]

We are in2024 and the result of this work is amazing

[@PANMESTIGUS]

i love this. Tell me, what is your intended outcome/function of this system? Just to minimize erosion or to also create arable area?

[@mikewright3029]

how did you move all those big heavy rocks? :O

[@ncooty]

Interesting idea. From my experience, the silt will accumulate first in the small draws and crevices that lead up to the bund or check dam. Over time, the accumulation spreads more evenly along the bund as the draws are filled in and the flows leading to the bund are more spread out. I've generally considered it good that the silt fills in the draws first, but your idea could diffuse the flow along the bund rather than allowing it to flow over at a concentrated point, which would also be good.

[@kam70111]

Throw some hay behind the stones. The long fibres act as a more effective silt filter.

[@jessedylanwilliams]

Also terrace, check dam and gabion are distinct things. Not just different sizes.

[@abdaici3370]

Please, In wich month you took this vedio ?

[@prashanthkamath7437]

Give the location or name of the Wadi, so that we can look up in Google earth Historical view to observe the changes over the period.

[@Tamime1]

جميل ❤

[@jessedylanwilliams]

Hey mate. Love ya stuff. One comment. Your contoured check dams seem a little high on the edges, like your gabion, but without much effect. Focus on the middle, is my point. Up to you. Take it easy bud.

[@katjordan3733]

Did it work? We would really like to know.

[@pinkelephants1421]

Very interesting video but the filming is VERY jerky & hard to watch. Perhaps when filming in future you could try using a gimbal with the çamera.

[@fionahamer7202]

Yes, moving the camera more slowly also helps, along with staying wide. Feel free to stop and start the video to get a closeup, rather than wandering to it. Use a tripod, even.

[@PANMESTIGUS]

Where is this site?

[@MrGigi-dz9cv]

You need compost. Organic matter will help soil retain water, help grow the vegetation. You need grazing animals doing controlled grazing. Then vegetation will grow.

[@rethinkscience8454]

You should sell your rocks. You have a few there.

[@djamelbelaid6677]

Technique intéressante pour l'Algérie. Djamel BELAID.fr Ingénieur Agronome.

[@warnetchiehoey9569]

Ente keren banget, sudah 10 tahun lamanya, minta sama Allah. lempar kayu dan batu jadi tanaman

[@mabroukatis]

These are actually "weirs"هدار not terraces. And you don't want them to collect silt except to close the holes in weir construction. If it fills the entire reservoir before each weir then function is totally eliminated and back to flash flood. I am an Egyptian Civil Engineer and we studied such designs more than 30 years ago. I like your idea. Sound one. But just correcting the names.

[@albaydha702]

Hell Mohamed--the weirs are specifically there to catch silt. Once silted up, we plant trees on them--thus the function of slowing down the water switches from being a strictly physical to a biological mechanism.

[@mabroukatis]

@@albaydha702 ok

[@bluesmoke8714]

If your banana wasnt backwards the path length of the water would be hundreds of times longer, why do people get to guide these projects that have 0 sense they waste huge amounts of time and money, to little effect.

[@ophiuchus992]

One flow of a flash flood and that's gone, animals and people moving things, that's a waste of time, try again please.

[@TheCommono]

Maybe you don't understand the concept? The strategy explicitely is to prevent a flash flood to carry it all away.

[@AKTomtom]

Learn how to shoot videos. I know you meant well & this is over 9yrs ago, but watch your own videos & see how sick. Notice the shakes & panning the camera, back & forth, non-stop. This is sick. Where is your care?