[[Image:counterpoise lift icon.png|right|100px80px|]]
[[Image:counterpoiseLift_shadoof.jpg|thumb|right|200px|A shadoof in Egypt. Photo: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Egypt.KomOmbo.Shaduf.01.jpg Egypt.KomOmbo.Shaduf]]]
[[Image:counterpoiseLift.jpg|thumb|right|200px|A counterpoise lift. Drawing: FAO.]]
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