Actually some of the best water I ever had, came from a deep dug hole in the desert.
Water divining is still practiced and very successful, many Bedu Tribes have at least one person who has the ability.
Really? I’d love to see water divining in action: I read about it in an old textbook called The Bedouin and the Desert, but a written description isn’t the same as witnessing it.
From my files – Oman.
David A Lockwood 
I imagine that the principal “water is life” is quite obvious in the desert.
Actually some of the best water I ever had, came from a deep dug hole in the desert.
Water divining is still practiced and very successful, many Bedu Tribes have at least one person who has the ability.
Really? I’d love to see water divining in action: I read about it in an old textbook called The Bedouin and the Desert, but a written description isn’t the same as witnessing it.
Sorry Josh, you alway seem to get a long answer, when probably a thank you or agree would suffice.
No, I like answers from which I can learn something!
Is it perennial?
Yes, because the water comes off the jebel and feeds these water channels all year round.