La distribución del agua en el regadío tradicional de la huerta de Mula (Región de Murcia, España)

For centuries, water scarcity has led to the development of a major hydraulic architecture in places with possibility of irrigation in the Southeast of the Iberian Peninsula. One of the characteristic features is the water splits, buildings designed to distribute the flows available in traditional irrigated areas. In this paper we highlight the varied nature of these infrastructures after comparing different irrigated areas: especially emphasizing among others, those in the traditional irrigation of Mula, due to its complexity an protection systems. All this thanks to the study of literature and, above an, extensive fieldwork.