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Submitted by stokesarmy on March 20, 2007
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Abstract
The rich Mesopotamian marshlands almost completely disappeared, with only 10 percent of the important ecosystem still remaining, according to a study based on satellite images of the region. The marshlands lie in the confluence Tigris and Euphrates in southern Iraq and extend into Iran. Scientists at the U.N. Environment Program (UNEP) found that the marshy area has almost completely dried up over the past three decades and is now mainly desert with large salt-encrusted patches. A small northern fringe of marsh that straddles the Iraq-Iran border is all that remains. The damage is a result of to extensive damming upstream and drainage schemes implemented since the 1970s. More recently, a major factor contributing to the problem is a massive drainage works program installed in southern Iraq in the early 1990s.
According to the UNEP study, due to be published later this year, the marshlands previously totaled an area of 15,000 to 20,000 square kilometers (5,800 to 7,700 square miles) but now cover less than 1,500 to 2,000 square kilometers (580 to 770 square miles). 1
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