Located roughly mid-way between Ma Settlement 1 (0.53km bearing 312°) and Ma Reservoir 4 (0.55km bearing 104°), Ma Canal 9 is also just 0.49km east of Ma Canal 10 (map quadrant B1d).
The local topography surrounding Mantash Canal 9 varies from the southernmost extent of the construction, set in a flat, open plateau, to its lowermost (northern) extremity where it cuts around the base of a large hill. At points, erosion and weathering of the hillside have deflated certain areas, creating the appearance that the canal moves up, rather than across, the hillside.
Lined with cut stone and unworked bedrock, this canal sits below bedrock outcroppings on the western hill slope. It measures 6m wide and is possibly positioned on a prepared terrace platform built of unworked basalt blocks.
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