
thumb|Potrero Ditch, an acequia, passing near the front of El Santuario de Chimayo, [[New Mexico]]
thumb|Potrero Ditch, an acequia, passing near the front of El Santuario de Chimayo, [[New Mexico]]
An acequia () or ' (, also known as síquia' , all from ) is a community-operated watercourse used in Spain and former Spanish colonies in the Americas for irrigation. Acequias are found in parts of Spain and the Andes, northern Mexico, and what is now the Southwestern United States (New Mexico and Colorado).
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