I think this is quite a unique structure that can't be described with "canal". Especially if the main reason is rendering. Canals are not used for drinking water, the concept is entirely different. If I had to use anything, I would use aqueduct <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Aqueduct>, but I would rather use waterway=qanat.
Janko
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