2.3 - Iraqi Marshes

Question 1

Background info on Iraq Marsh

Answer 1

• Alluvial fan on Tigris-Euphrates (source from Turkey)
• Drained from 1950s-70s for oil and agriculture
• Dictator Saddam Hussein evicted Shia Muslims and cut off water supply from Tigris-Euphrates
• 2003 - 10% of original size
• 2014 - Turkey reached agreement with Iraq on level of water flow
• 2016 - UNESCO World Heritage Site